Durai, a construction worker from India, faces pressure to remit more money back home. He takes on a part-time job by washing cars early in the morning. He meets Saro, a Filipino domestic maid, who washes her employer's car in the same car park.
Many Singaporeans are unwilling to fill low-skilled jobs in their economy, and therefore the country turns to foreign workers to fill these positions. Droves of men and women from neighbouring Asian countries make up this transient work force and take up low-paying jobs- most men in the labour market, and women as domestic helpers. Many come looking to save their families from poverty. This invisible population contributes largely to the country's stellar growth and ability to remain competitive in the global economy.
Unfortunately, a growing number live on the fringes of Singapore's society, receiving little or no payment from their employers. They face exploitation and suffer physical as well as mental abuse.
Durai & Saro aims to give a face to these men and women, to see them as regular people, and not just commodities in the big picture of Singapore's economy.
