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    Default Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?


    Filipino maids were seen having a street-party at the walkway outside Ion Orchard.
    There's a new party hotspot at Orchard Road, but it's not a club.

    Before Ion Orchard was built, Filipino maids gathered at this busy junction on Orchard Road and held picnics on the grass patch behind Orchard MRT station.

    Now, the Filipino maids are back with a group bigger and certainly merrier than ever, turning the walkway outside Ion Orchard into a whole new party scene.

    The spot, which they called "Gulong Park" (Gulong is Tagalog for wheel), has been developed into the current premier shopping mall, carrying some of the world's top luxury brands.

    Last Sunday, hundreds of maids were seen turning the former Gulong Park into a rock 'n' roll party scene. The street party was kicked off at 8 pm by husband-and-wife busking team — Leticia Habon Caya and Qamaruddin Mohd Amin.

    More than 500 maids had parked themselves outside Ion Orchard — some were sitting on the steps, others were on their feet, grooving to the "live" music.

    "This is better than going to a disco. It's more fun and it's free and I meet people from my hometown," said Ms Lona, 25, as she danced to the music.

    She praised her employers, who are expatriates, for being open-minded and for allowing her to party till late on Sunday nights. She came here to work last year.

    "The party will end at 10 pm and I will go home after this. Some of my friends' employers are very strict with them and don't allow them to come here.

    Singaporean men among the crowd would invite Filipinas to dance.

    Creating a home away from home is exactly what busker Leticia, 57 and her husband, Qamaruddin, 61, try to do for these maids.

    Madam Leticia came here to work as a singer 25 years ago. She married Mr Qamaruddin and is now a permanent resident (PR). The couple makes a living from playing at private parties and corporate functions.

    They applied for and received their licence three years ago to busk at certain spots along Orchard Road. Madam Leticia sings while her husband plays the keyboard.

    She told The New Paper, "We would be busking on Orchard Road from Tuesdays to Sundays, if we don't have private gigs to play in. We started busking outside Mandarin Hotel before moving to Ngee Ann City.

    "The crowd was getting bigger and we decided to move to outside Ion Orchard on Sundays to accommodate the crowd. Sometimes we have double of tonight's crowd, like maybe 1,000 people. It's amazing."

    The couple entertain the crowd with songs by Santana, and popular hits like the Wonder Girls' Nobody and Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive.

    Not everyone is happy

    Shopper Kelly Chen, 38, a communications director, said, "I feel that they are downgrading the image of Ion Orchard. I'll avoid going there on Sundays now."



    The maids also sit on the steps leading to the mall's entrance. (File photo: Yahoo!).

    Lawyer Amolat Singh is more concerned with the potential law and order problems. "When authorities organise parties on Orchard Road, a lot of effort has to be put into crime prevention," he said.

    Mr Singh added that if the maids created a public nuisance, the police could act.

    "One could also argue that these women are providing public entertainment by dancing in public. The authority (the Public Entertainment Licensing Unit) can relook into issuing such busking licences to not-so-hotspots instead."

    Previously, the maids had been chased out of Lucky Plaza as the management said they had vandalised the building. Their mass gatherings were also said to have caused overcrowding and posed a threat to safety in the mall.

    But the spokesman for Ion Orchard would not be drawn into a debate over the maids' presence.

    "Ion Orchard's prominent location and direct connection to Orchard MRT makes it a popular and natural meeting point on Orchard Road," said the spokesman.

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    source please...

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    Di ko kasabot kung unsay gipaconvey nga message ani nga thread..

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    diskoral in singapore...

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    Quote Originally Posted by peewee_toot View Post
    source please...
    dia ra ai. kanindot eadto ane at least libre ang disco. dili sad ta magutman ane kay daghan ne ug bawn ug pagkaon ang mga DH.

    Fit to Post – Yahoo! Singapore's blog » Blog Archive Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance? «

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    well if its legal and does not create disturbance in Singa then its ok...party people man gihapon tanan...whether maids or any profession...

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    Quote Originally Posted by jeremiahjay View Post
    Di ko kasabot kung unsay gipaconvey nga message ani nga thread..
    nangayo sya sa opinion.. as the title says

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    problema ana kay naay balaod ang singapore nga kinahanglan ug permit kung magtapok mga 3+ katawo.

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    wa may problema if magtapok na sila to have fun..libog sad ko aning UBAN mga taga SG..example my brother who works there, di sila ganahan mosuroy anang lucky plaza kay daghan maids, samok? ako gikasab-an ako manghud oi..you should not say that because di lalim ila work..naa sad silay nacontribute sa SG oi kay nanarbaho na sila kaysa adto sa ato nga nagtambay ra sa kilid or cge internet bisan walay kaon...mao ra gud na ila outlet: ang magbonding sa ila amiga, storya2 gamay, kaon2 gamay...di man parehas sa uban pinoys sa SG nga dagko sweldo kay adto man tambay sa clark quay, palit gadget, travel2 etc..di man sila kaafford ana..louy pud..basta ok ra ang police ok ra na ila gibuhat oi..

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    Default Re: Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance?

    Quote Originally Posted by higanstolsdawen View Post
    dia ra ai. kanindot eadto ane at least libre ang disco. dili sad ta magutman ane kay daghan ne ug bawn ug pagkaon ang mga DH.

    Fit to Post – Yahoo! Singapore's blog » Blog Archive Maids’ street-party: Entertainment or nuisance? «
    thanks sir. ok ra ni oi as long as wala sila naka break sa law...

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