asiaone.com - 1 years ago

SINGAPORE — Between cooking and cleaning, domestic helper Surti would squeeze in sets of squats and 1km runs around her employer’s Housing Board block in Bukit Panjang. And on her rest day on Sunday, the Indonesian, who goes by one name, would travel over an hour by train or bus to Bedok Reservoir for a gruelling three-hour dragon boat training session. All her efforts over two months paid off on July 27, when she joined Singapore’s first migrant workers’ dragon boat team in their debut competition at a local sports festival Pesta Sukan 2024 at the Water Sports Centre in Kallang. Surti, 37, who has been working here for 14 years, said: I felt butterflies in my tummy. It was my very first time [joining a competition]. I wanted to do my best for the team. Named Transient Paddlers Count Too, the team have five female domestic helpers from Indonesia, and six male migrant workers from India. They were among 17 teams competing in the Singapore International Community Mixed Category, and were up against experienced rivals such as the British Dragons.

Berita Terkini

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