Singapore escort girls cash in on Grand Prix traffic (2008-09-25 03:01:00)
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Big spenders in Singapore for the city state''s first ever Formula One Grand Prix this weekend have boosted business for high-end social escort agencies by a fifth, a local paper reported on Thursday. "This is th best weekend this year," Prince Wong, owner of Singapore Escort Services, told The Straits Times newspaper. Wong said he has received five bookings for the weekend -- including one for a local starlet at a fee of S$40,000 ($28,110) for six hours of work. Wong, who said his clients are foreign bosses in the gas and banking industries, declined to reveal the identity of both client and escort. The newspaper said the escort''s job is to smile, entertain the client and his friends by making small talkand sometimes show the client around Singapore. The agencies said sexual services was not part of the deal but strictly between the escort and client to arrange, the Straits Times reported. Prostitution is legal in Singapore but soliciting is not. Agencies say their high-profile clients are picky about their escorts, asking for companions "from a good family background and at least a university degree", the Straits Times said.
(Reporting by Daryl Loo; Editing by David Fox)
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SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Big spenders in Singapore for the city state''s first ever Formula One Grand Prix this weekend have boosted business for high-end social escort agencies by a fifth, a local paper reported on Thursday. "This is th best weekend this year," Prince Wong, owner of Singapore Escort Services, told The Straits Times newspaper. Wong said he has received five bookings for the weekend -- including one for a local starlet at a fee of S$40,000 ($28,110) for six hours of work. Wong, who said his clients are foreign bosses in the gas and banking industries, declined to reveal the identity of both client and escort. The newspaper said the escort''s job is to smile, entertain the client and his friends by making small talkand sometimes show the client around Singapore. The agencies said sexual services was not part of the deal but strictly between the escort and client to arrange, the Straits Times reported. Prostitution is legal in Singapore but soliciting is not. Agencies say their high-profile clients are picky about their escorts, asking for companions "from a good family background and at least a university degree", the Straits Times said.
(Reporting by Daryl Loo; Editing by David Fox)
(([email protected] ; +65 6403 5669; Reuters Messaging: [email protected]))
