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3) Why do educated young (and not so young) women want to work as nannies?
Those who come to know that as domestic workers in nearby Singapore they may be even better off, decide then to become nannies in a foreign land. The next logical step, when they have become fluent in English and adjusted to life in a different country, is to look for a similar position in Canada, where the work is pretty much the same, but pays better. Employers in Canada are surprised at what these nannies who have been used to life in Singapore can and will do for them. Cedelina, now in Toronto, is a typical nanny-housekeeper who went to work in Canada after a few years in Singapore.
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Faced with lack of employment opportunities at home, many of these women, some
with tertiary education, have little choice but to accept less glamorous
positions and work long hours as seamstresses in garment factories, as sales
clerks or cashiers.