Parked in
16 June 2010
Perhaps it was fitting that I was in a Filipino restaurant when I read the report that Singapore is a little miffed at being put on a watch list for human trafficking:
Thousands of women from poorer Asian countries such as China, the Philippines and Thailand work as call girls and bar hostesses in wealthy Singapore, a bustling port city where prostitution is legal in designated zones.
Undesignated areas are also pretty good for prostitutes if you know where to go (*cough* Duxton Hill *cough*). While I do find it entertaining that the US has ranked itself in the top tier of countries that fight human trafficking (thus seriously calling into question the report’s objectivity), Singaporeans and long-time residents know fine well that the squeaky clean and socially homogeneous image the tourism peeps like to promote is so untrue.
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