Prostitution in Practice
In Singapore, police unofficially tolerate and monitor a limited number of brothels, where the prostitutes are regularly screened for health check-up; however prostitution outside these brothels also exists. Prostitution outside the informally designated red-light areas operates from 3 main places 1) internet advertisement, 2) street solicitation, 3) KTV/massage parlor. The "internet advertised" girls are hosted in anonymous hotels, and the profile of each girl is available from the internet advertisement. Interested clients contact the "girl's agent" through SMS, who arranges the timing and gives the client hotel address. Girls operating from such illegal pimps come primarily from Thailand, China and Philippines to Singapore for a short tourist visit, and therefore are not screened for health check-ups.
The massage parlor girls, are primarily meant to provide massage only, but 10–20 minutes down the massage service some offer "extra service" for an additional "tip". These girls generally have good protection from any possible police raid, as there is an early-warning system. Clients in the middle of sex service can be warned about a raid when the police is at the doorstep, giving enough time for both to wrap up in clothes and pretend it was only a massage service.
"Street girls" operate from the streets of popular commercial districts and designated red-light districts such as Chinatown and within many bars and nightclubs, such as those found in Orchard Towers, colloquially referred to as "The Four Floors of Whores". Such girls await and solicit to passing-by men, and often remain wary of Police raids, as they are more prone to be caught compared to girls from internet advertisement and massage parlors.
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