i agree with you. willing buyer willing seller, i don’t see the problem unless the prostitute is underaged or coerced into the business.

The reason sex industries are “shady” in certain countries is because it is either that professional sexual services are prohibited, or that there is no clear “policy” which makes it legal.

Compare the US and Canada: In the US, prostitution is illegal. In Canada it is legal. In the US it is “shady” and in Canada — although still discreet on the individual level — it is out in the open (relatively speaking).

If professional sexual services were made clear, misunderstandings like you mentioned would decrease. I doubt if it will disappear — it is not uncommon to find that rich men from male-dominant cultures assume that their money can buy anything — especially when they are in a foreign port, far away from the prospect of social ostracism which would probably make them think twice before behaving like a sexist boor at home.

My friend, who is a security consultant, had told me of such happenings. One recent case happened just before the APEC Meetings went like this:

One filthy rich dirty old Arab even wanted to have a go at a young PRC Chinese girl, employed as a chamber maid, who is quite pretty but decent. According to my friend, this dirty old man seemed to have molested that chamber-maid girl. She then ran out of the room crying, and happened to meet my friend who was doing some checks around at that time. My friend asked her why she was crying. She then explained the whole situation to my friend. My friend then went into the room to tell that filthy rich dirty old man off – explaining to him politely that the girl was not for sale (sex), and if he wanted sex, there are people who can provide him with. That dirty old man was furious for being ticked off. He wanted to lodge a complaint against my friend. My friend told him that there are house rules in place, and subtly counter-threatened him that he would expose his secret flings to the whole world if he did complain. Then that filthy rich old Arab backed down his threat.

I wonder how many of these gross misdemeanors are going on in the shady places of the high society of the filthy rich and cowardly powerful. How many innocent girls are being forced into the sex trade? How many families have suffered the agony and irony of pain and the need for survival?

Years ago there were only a handful of licensed money lenders who basically provided business loans to trusted clients. The general public had to approach banks and back then they were limited personal loans on offer by banks, mainly education and renovation loans. Now we have so many offers from banks and approval is within the day and you do not need to provide a reason for borrowing money.

Now its even better, if you cannot get a loan from the banks, you can always turn to your friendly ah long san turned licensed moneylender.

"We" need not do anything.

Dude, I think you've been drinking too much of the collectivist kool-aid. There is no such "thing" as "society. It is an idea which resides only in the mind.

What exists in the OBJECTIVE reality is REAL individuals — men, women, children, and the transgendered.

I agree, prostitutes are * individual human beings * too. That means, in the absence of coercion, the vast majority of women (and men) who decide to rent their bodies in exchange for payment do so VOLUNTARILY.

If they are conducting their chosen PRIVATE enterprise peacefully, and conduting their enterprise on private property with the owners' consent, then neither you, nor I nor the government should do anything to prevent them from SERVING THEIR CUSTOMERS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

In other words, it would behove you to mind your own business, just as the whore, harlots and pimps mind their own.

“It is highly likely that major prostitution rings which feed off the casino entertainment industry will make use of the fact that Singapore is the most wired nation in the world – with broadband penetration rate hitting 99 percent here – to set-up highly sophisticated but shady businesses which will thrive here.”

“In 2004, there were reports of women being involved in vice activities in an effort to financially support their children’s studies in Singapore schools, with dozens being arrested in police raids at massage parlours and foot reflexology centres.”

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Sorry, people like you and most Singaporeans are NOT qualified to pass judgement on the morality or otherwise of what you call VICE ie prostitution in this case.

This is the MORALITY OF MONEY and people like you are part of it……….

As noted by a poster, prostitutes make an HONEST living……..unlike the likes of bankers who sell you financial products in order to boost their bonuses and profits knowing that you, the customer is just a sucker. Same with insurance agents, housing agents, even doctors, lawyers.

"We" need not do anything. Dude, I think you've been drinking too much of the collectivist kool-aid. There is no such "thing" as "society. It is an idea which resides only in the mind.

What exists in the OBJECTIVE reality is REAL individuals — men, women, childrem, transgendered.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8361557.stm

As for casinos, what we need to focus is the real damage to society. That is how gambling addiction will tear apart homes and contribute to high crime rates. Imagine now loan sharks are running rampant. What will happen if the casinos are opened? It will be a golden age of loan sharking. I would not be surprised if by then the police will be bought off by loan sharks (especially if some of the police goes gambling and end up to be heavily in debt)

If there is one thing th sg.gov has got “right” is that they allow prostitution to be legal.

The “absolute moralists” — feminists, knee-jerk jerk ideologues, religious wing-nuts et al are all entitled to their opinion. What they are not entitled to is to ram prohibition through the law books.

Keep your hands off my dirty mind! What I do with my genitals is none of your business, and if your daughter is over 18 it’s her business entirely too ;)

It is good that the profession of prostitution is legal in Singapore though prostitutes are not allowed to solicit for customers in the public.

how we minimize the effect of casino on the evil side is a technique which need to master.

gambling is rampant in Singapore now, the amount of money we spend on legal and illegal betting in football, toto and 4D should be publish regularly.

NCPG should be gear up and improve the reach to out to all citizen in Singapore.

We should be dicsuss on NCPG to see if we are ready for the casino

what is your thinking of the NCPG, just look at the logo NCPG and visit to the website you know that they are not professional run.

Lau Lee says our female citizens would become maids should the opp takes over power from the papees. Now it seems no need anymore, even papees still holding on to their power, our sg girls already becoming playmates for the rich.