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Three Outstanding Indonesian Maids Recognized in Singapore
Lin Wenjian - Straits Times Indonesia | November 09, 2011

Gary Chin, Nation Gary Chin, Nation's managing director, presenting Ngantin Paidi (center) with the 'Best All-Rounder' award as her employer Stephanie Woo congratulated her yesterday. (Straits Times Photo/Neo Xiaobin)
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benjol48
8:03pm Nov 10, 2011

Sure! we can use some good news about the maids .Thank you Singapore ,may be some other country will follow suit especially country like Saudi Arabia.

blightyboy
1:49pm Nov 9, 2011

Cor! And didn't even have to marry a President.

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Indonesian domestic helper Muaropah, 29, had three terminally ill patients on her hands when she landed her first job in Singapore last year.

Her employer, property agent Vivien Tan, had hired her to look after her paternal grandparents and an uncle, all with cancer.

An appreciative Tan, 28, said: "She measured their blood pressure and blood sugar levels and memorized the different medications they had to take. She's almost like a nurse." Tan's uncle died in January, and her grandfather, last week.

Yesterday, Muaropah, who goes by only one name, was named "Best Caregiver" in a ceremony jointly organized by maid agency Nation Employment and Cats Classified, a part of Singapore Press Holdings' marketing division.

Two other maids, also Indonesian, took home awards as well: Ngantin Paidi, 26, was "Best All-Rounder", and Yuliani Basori, 32, "Best Cook."

The trio, picked from a list of 70 nominations made by employers in the last two months, each won $500 and an iPad 2 sponsored by Nation. It was not compulsory for the maids to have been hired through Nation.

Madam Stephanie Woo, 48, who has employed Ngantin for eight years, said: "She takes the initiative to clean the house twice a day though I told her to do it just once. She's also very kind and has never lost her temper."

Ngantin said: "My ma'am understands me and we can talk."

Yuliani, who has worked for procurement manager Judy Han, 48, for 13 years, is the author of Yulie Cook Book, a collection of recipes for local dishes which her employer got published for her.

The book, which has a print run of 2,500 copies, is expected to go on sale.

Madam Han said: "When she joined us, she had no idea how to cook for Singaporean taste buds, but she has mastered many dishes and even wowed us with a buffet spread last Christmas."

Yuliani said she will save the prize money to do a reprint of the book.

Nation managing director Gary Chin said the awards promote positive employer-employee ties. He added: "We will highlight these happy cases to the foreign embassies so we can reduce the phobia that some maids may have of working in Singapore."

Reprinted courtesy of Straits Times Indonesia. To subscribe to Straits Times Indonesia and/or the Jakarta Globe call 021 2553 5055.