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To: RealMuLan who wrote (5322)	8/10/2005 12:49:51 PM
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Butlers from Britain set for Shanghai August 10, 2005 A Shanghai domestic services company is hiring British butlers, famous for their scrupulously finicky standards, to help bring local maids up to snuff. Maids and nannies, known in China as ayis, are commonly employed in the cities to handle housekeeping and child care, even for middle-class families, thanks to a huge supply of cheap labor available from the countryside. But the level of housekeeping, cooking and child-minding skills varies widely. It is a business opportunity just begging to be seized, says Zhu Wei, manager of the Shanghai Boni Housekeeping Service. ``The quality of ayis in Shanghai is comparatively low and there is a lack of well-qualified people to work for the elite and foreign families,'' said Zhu. ``With so much luxury housing being built in Shanghai and nearby, I'm sure there will be a big market for well-trained butlers and housekeepers.'' The four British butlers Zhu is hiring cannot be employed by families in Shanghai due to visa regulations. Zhu says he intends for the butlers, who are in Hong Kong trying to arrange visas for the mainland, to stay for a few months or more to help train already experienced ayis to improve their performance. ``I don't want them to copy what those British butlers do in Britain. That would be meaningless since Shanghai is different from Britain anyway,'' he said. ``What I want is for them to teach the ayis how to make their work perfect.'' ASSOCIATED PRESS thestandard.com.hk