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Old 8th June 2007, 05:14 PM
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Canada will seem very cold and very expensive compared to Malaysia. I don't know how many immigrants there are from Malaysia, but there are a lot from other Asian countries.

Many people who come from SE Asia and have good jobs in the US and Canada are surprised to find that live-in maids are rare, and in fact most people do their own housework. In SE Asia, it is common for apartments to include a maid's room, where in Canada, it will be rare for anyone to have someone to even clean for them once a week. Yet these same people who are doing their own housework have nice cars, jewelery, clothing, and take nice vacations. The culture just doesn't support the idea of having maids, and there are no immigration provisions for them. In Malaysia, there are Indonesian maids everywhere, because the law allows them to come in. In Canada, there is no special immigration law to bring in servants.
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