We aren't that rich :(

This is from the article, Singapore fears maid exodus to Hong Kong, Taiwan, on Reuters by Gillian Murdoch.

Indonesian and Sri Lankan maids are paid S$280 ($200) a month in Singapore, and Filipinas up to S$350 ($256).

That is less than half what they can earn in Hong Kong and Taiwan, where employers pay $506 and $550 respectively.

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Size of 203 wells

This is from the article, Journey for peace - Christian peacemaker team travels to philippines to promote harmony, by Linda Leicht in News-Leader.com about contamination near an old military base in the Philippines.

It was that water, from 203 contaminated wells around the base — the size of the country of Singapore — that caused Crizel's leukemia, her mother said.

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