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$6,000 for a night of fun with men is cheap
Stressed-out mamasans and hostesses pay top dollar for heart-to-heart chats with male hosts
By Maureen Koh and Woo Sian Boon
April 25, 2010
Their job during the week is to entertain men – drinking, singing and chatting with them. Yet, to unwind, these KTV club hostesses opt to spend more time with men.
Except that they become the clients, paying for male hosts. This is an emerging trend, The New Paper on Sunday learnt after speaking to operators of five male-host clubs. And it seems these women are generous spenders with few demands.
Quentin, a public relations manager at one such club on Orchard Road, said: "They tend to drink more than other women customers and they also tip better. "And they usually just want companionship with no strings attached."
That's because sex is not on the agenda, said seven mamasans and hostesses interviewed by The New Paper on Sunday. Visits to seven male-host clubs across the island in two weeks found that only clubs with hosts from China, Taiwan and Malaysia are popular.
A mamasan who goes by the name of Miss Wei-wei, 24, thinks nothing of paying $6,000 – for liquor, sashes and tips – for a night of revelry for herself and her girls. She added: "You can call it expensive entertainment, but in our case, we deem it as cheap therapy."
Therapy here comes in the form of "letting off steam" through finger-guessing games, singing and "just vomiting out the unhappiness and unpleasantness", said Miss Wei-wei.
