The magistrate said it was no defence for the maid agency to say the customer should have chosen a pricier package as getting a maid who could speak well at that price was like "looking for a needle in a haystack".

A maid agency must pay $1.6k to a bedridden woman for misrepresenting a helper’s Mandarin skills, the court ruled. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The magistrate said it was no defence for the maid agency to say the customer should have chosen a pricier package as getting a maid who could speak well at that price was like…