Standing outside a harmless-looking two-story terrace house, a middle-aged man with a balding pate and wispy white goatee greets people walking by with a constant refrain. Come in, come in! Despite its prudish reputation β the government still bans magazines like Playboy and Penthouse β Singapore allows prostitution to thrive in strictly designated areas, and Geylang is the largest and most famous.
Brothels operating out of houses operate in the district alongside budget hotels, sidewalk cafes, community associations and even Buddhist temples. Despite the presence of legal prostitution, foreign women on short-term visitor passes also ply their trade on the streets and lanes of Geylang, and there seems to be enough business for everyone. The report said some women from China, the Philippines and Thailand were tricked into coming to Singapore with promises of legitimate employment and then coerced into the sex trade after arrival.
Business is best on weekends when hordes of foreign men on their day off throng its narrow lanes looking for fun. Brothels can only hire Malaysian, Thai and Chinese girls between the ages of 21 and 27, one tout said. Prostitutes are also required to make customers wear condoms and report for monthly medical check-ups, he added.
Foreign women like Dan Dan who work freelance in the sex trade and bring customers to motel rooms cannot be arrested unless they are caught offering their services out in the street, or violate immigration and other laws. With a regulated sex industry, Singapore authorities can turn their attention to women forced into prostitution, she said. Each strand of hair, from the root to the end, is slathered in a traditional mixture of cherry seeds, cloves and chebe seeds, the most important ingredient of all.
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