Get proper advice
PUBLISHED : Friday, 03 November, 2000, 12:00am
UPDATED : Friday, 03 November, 2000, 12:00am
From time to time one comes across horror stories of foreign domestic helpers who borrow money and find the bill mounting to astronomical heights.
They should bear in mind that the law may protect them from exorbitant terms imposed by lenders and that they would do well to seek proper advice at an early stage, with a view to reducing what may turn out to be needless worry.
DAVID PYOTT
Kennedy Town
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