<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Feb 9, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Rise in teen sex <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Carolyn Quek and Kimberly Spykerman
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->NEVER mind that they know little about the birds and the bees, teenage girls here are still going ahead with the deed - and in larger numbers as well.
The latest police figures show that 310 girls below the age of 16 were caught engaging in underage consensual sex last year - nearly 45per cent more than the year before.
Put against the number from five years ago - 163 - the jump is even starker.
Most of the time, their parents or teachers report them to the police; police officers on patrol have also caught them in the act.
The police say that most of the time, these girls are with men known to them, usually their boyfriends or friends. Read the full story in The Straits Times today.
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Rise in teen sex <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Carolyn Quek and Kimberly Spykerman
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->NEVER mind that they know little about the birds and the bees, teenage girls here are still going ahead with the deed - and in larger numbers as well.
The latest police figures show that 310 girls below the age of 16 were caught engaging in underage consensual sex last year - nearly 45per cent more than the year before.
Put against the number from five years ago - 163 - the jump is even starker.
Most of the time, their parents or teachers report them to the police; police officers on patrol have also caught them in the act.
The police say that most of the time, these girls are with men known to them, usually their boyfriends or friends. Read the full story in The Straits Times today.