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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Duxton Vice
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Residents welcome stepped-up raids on pubs; others say problem is worse </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Teh Joo Lin , Chong Chee Kin and Diana Othman
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Some of the Filipinas often seen milling about the Duxton area are said to be in Singapore on social visit passes. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->BEFORE the sun sets over Duxton Road in Tanjong Pagar, scores of Filipinas walking together in small groups can be seen converging on the pubs and KTV lounges dotting the narrow street.
They are dressed modestly (154th NS @ work?), usually in jeans and T-shirts, and carry with them packets of food. In their clutch bags are short dresses, tube tops, miniskirts and pumps, which they quickly slip into the moment the darkened glass doors of the pubs close behind them.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>GETTING UNSAFE 'The situation here is going from bad to worse...At night, the place becomes a 'free for all'. I don't feel safe and I don't feel good about it.'
A director of a recreation company
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Inside, they wait for male patrons, and the kind of parties that go on behind these dark-tinted doors till 3am are nothing short of lewd.
Member of Parliament Christopher de Souza sounded the alarm bell when he told Parliament in February that an evening drive along Duxton Road and Duxton Hill will 'prove that prostitutes operate well beyond the artificial borders of Geylang'.
Last month, several cases in the courts gave a glimpse of the action going on in these pubs when three Filipinas were convicted of obscene acts - exposing their breasts to patrons on separate occasions at different pubs. They were each fined $1,000.
=> No deportation? Award PeeR instead? Benefit Familee's coffers?
The women were caught when police officers conducted checks on the clubs' premises - a more common occurrence these days.
The police conducted 24 anti-vice raids in the first nine months of the year, arresting 414 people, mainly women. Last year, 321 people were nabbed in 14 raids.
The stepped-up raids in the Duxton area were welcomed by residents and businesses there, who said the activities had been going on for quite a while.
=> And guess what? The central poodle station is just a stone throw away! *shake head*
Construction site supervisor Teo Cheng Hoe, 41, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 30 years, said the women would call out to him whenever he goes to get dinner.
'They would say 'hello darling, come in and have fun'...All of them wear their clothes sexily, with very short skirts high above their knees. It's not good for children if they see them,' he said.
Another resident was incensed that the women were giving the area a bad 'social reputation'. 'We hear them talking loudly, shouting and touting for customers. Sometimes when I pass by, I feel embarrassed and uncomfortable.'
The office administrator, who gave her name only as Ms Chong, 45, said: 'Sometimes my nieces and nephews come to visit and other residents' children are around. It's very unhealthy for them to see such things. This used to be such a nice quiet area, but now, it's sleazy.'
=> Dun comprain for 80% voted for the Old Fart hor!
Many companies in the area said they were not too concerned about the problem as most of their offices would have closed by 7pm, before the pubs open.
154th Operation Pray Down begins here =>
Waitress Jenny Chua, 38, said the women do not create trouble. They usually just go out to eat at the coffeeshops and then head straight back to the pubs, she said.
Ms Anne Ng, 29, an accounts manager, said her only concerns were the noise and occasional fights.
But the director of a recreation company said his business has been affected. His female clients are harassed by pub patrons and even by some of the women, and now refuse to go to his shop at night.
'The situation here is going from bad to worse...At night, the place becomes a 'free for all'. I don't feel safe and I don't feel good about it.'
The police enforcement has helped to contain the problem.
The Straits Times first checked out the area a year ago, when the Philippine Embassy said more Filipinas were being lured to Singapore to work as prostitutes in the Duxton area.
=> Being openly tipped off and still cannot solve the problem after 1 year! Well done, BEST PAID Poodle Minister in the world!
Between a year ago and last Friday, it appears the women, who are here on social visit passes, have become less brazen (b.s!). Back then, when customers pushed through the doors, a bevy of girls would jump on the men immediately and pull them to quiet and darkened corners.
Women perched on the bartops and flashed at customers; while in the more discreet parts of the pubs or in the back lanes, things were even more steamy.
When The Straits Times visited Duxton last Friday, the women were more reserved, getting to know the patrons first through chats and a song and dance. They were seen sitting down, introducing themselves and cajoling patrons into buying drinks. A mug of beer costs $50; this is about five times the normal rate and the women get to keep half the sum.
In each pub, there were usually over a dozen women milling around four or five men. There was hugging, some pecks on the cheeks, and hands sometimes disappeared under the skimpy clothing.
The women and pub operators, though, appeared to be preoccupied with the threat of cops, who have rattled them with their stronger presence of late.
The women kept asking customers: 'Are you police?'
The lookout network was well-oiled. Several men carried walkie-talkies and stationed themselves from as far away as the main roads. Even before a patrol car swung by at about 1am, the lookouts had quickly ushered the women mingling outside the pub back in.
=> See how useless and wayang the poodles are?
Although the women claimed they did not work for the pubs but were just customers, The Straits Times noticed that they had to seek permission from the person manning the pub before leaving.
Business owners along the stretch said several pubs had lost their licences in recent months due to the activities.
'Hopefully, more can be done to weed out such unpleasant activities here soon,' one of them said.
=> Why need to 'hope' and settle for dirt low standards when the govt is the BEST PAID in the world?
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Duxton Vice
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Residents welcome stepped-up raids on pubs; others say problem is worse </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Teh Joo Lin , Chong Chee Kin and Diana Othman
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
</TD><TD width=10>
Some of the Filipinas often seen milling about the Duxton area are said to be in Singapore on social visit passes. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->BEFORE the sun sets over Duxton Road in Tanjong Pagar, scores of Filipinas walking together in small groups can be seen converging on the pubs and KTV lounges dotting the narrow street.
They are dressed modestly (154th NS @ work?), usually in jeans and T-shirts, and carry with them packets of food. In their clutch bags are short dresses, tube tops, miniskirts and pumps, which they quickly slip into the moment the darkened glass doors of the pubs close behind them.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>GETTING UNSAFE 'The situation here is going from bad to worse...At night, the place becomes a 'free for all'. I don't feel safe and I don't feel good about it.'
A director of a recreation company
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Inside, they wait for male patrons, and the kind of parties that go on behind these dark-tinted doors till 3am are nothing short of lewd.
Member of Parliament Christopher de Souza sounded the alarm bell when he told Parliament in February that an evening drive along Duxton Road and Duxton Hill will 'prove that prostitutes operate well beyond the artificial borders of Geylang'.
Last month, several cases in the courts gave a glimpse of the action going on in these pubs when three Filipinas were convicted of obscene acts - exposing their breasts to patrons on separate occasions at different pubs. They were each fined $1,000.
=> No deportation? Award PeeR instead? Benefit Familee's coffers?
The women were caught when police officers conducted checks on the clubs' premises - a more common occurrence these days.
The police conducted 24 anti-vice raids in the first nine months of the year, arresting 414 people, mainly women. Last year, 321 people were nabbed in 14 raids.
The stepped-up raids in the Duxton area were welcomed by residents and businesses there, who said the activities had been going on for quite a while.
=> And guess what? The central poodle station is just a stone throw away! *shake head*
Construction site supervisor Teo Cheng Hoe, 41, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 30 years, said the women would call out to him whenever he goes to get dinner.
'They would say 'hello darling, come in and have fun'...All of them wear their clothes sexily, with very short skirts high above their knees. It's not good for children if they see them,' he said.
Another resident was incensed that the women were giving the area a bad 'social reputation'. 'We hear them talking loudly, shouting and touting for customers. Sometimes when I pass by, I feel embarrassed and uncomfortable.'
The office administrator, who gave her name only as Ms Chong, 45, said: 'Sometimes my nieces and nephews come to visit and other residents' children are around. It's very unhealthy for them to see such things. This used to be such a nice quiet area, but now, it's sleazy.'
=> Dun comprain for 80% voted for the Old Fart hor!
Many companies in the area said they were not too concerned about the problem as most of their offices would have closed by 7pm, before the pubs open.
154th Operation Pray Down begins here =>
Waitress Jenny Chua, 38, said the women do not create trouble. They usually just go out to eat at the coffeeshops and then head straight back to the pubs, she said.
Ms Anne Ng, 29, an accounts manager, said her only concerns were the noise and occasional fights.
But the director of a recreation company said his business has been affected. His female clients are harassed by pub patrons and even by some of the women, and now refuse to go to his shop at night.
'The situation here is going from bad to worse...At night, the place becomes a 'free for all'. I don't feel safe and I don't feel good about it.'
The police enforcement has helped to contain the problem.
The Straits Times first checked out the area a year ago, when the Philippine Embassy said more Filipinas were being lured to Singapore to work as prostitutes in the Duxton area.
=> Being openly tipped off and still cannot solve the problem after 1 year! Well done, BEST PAID Poodle Minister in the world!
Between a year ago and last Friday, it appears the women, who are here on social visit passes, have become less brazen (b.s!). Back then, when customers pushed through the doors, a bevy of girls would jump on the men immediately and pull them to quiet and darkened corners.
Women perched on the bartops and flashed at customers; while in the more discreet parts of the pubs or in the back lanes, things were even more steamy.
When The Straits Times visited Duxton last Friday, the women were more reserved, getting to know the patrons first through chats and a song and dance. They were seen sitting down, introducing themselves and cajoling patrons into buying drinks. A mug of beer costs $50; this is about five times the normal rate and the women get to keep half the sum.
In each pub, there were usually over a dozen women milling around four or five men. There was hugging, some pecks on the cheeks, and hands sometimes disappeared under the skimpy clothing.
The women and pub operators, though, appeared to be preoccupied with the threat of cops, who have rattled them with their stronger presence of late.
The women kept asking customers: 'Are you police?'
The lookout network was well-oiled. Several men carried walkie-talkies and stationed themselves from as far away as the main roads. Even before a patrol car swung by at about 1am, the lookouts had quickly ushered the women mingling outside the pub back in.
=> See how useless and wayang the poodles are?
Although the women claimed they did not work for the pubs but were just customers, The Straits Times noticed that they had to seek permission from the person manning the pub before leaving.
Business owners along the stretch said several pubs had lost their licences in recent months due to the activities.
'Hopefully, more can be done to weed out such unpleasant activities here soon,' one of them said.
=> Why need to 'hope' and settle for dirt low standards when the govt is the BEST PAID in the world?
[email protected]
[email protected] [email protected]
