Prostitution in Singapore
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WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday put allies Singapore and Thailand as well as Vietnam on a human trafficking watch list, accusing them of failing to prevent women from being forced into prostitution.
The move opens the way for the United States to cut off some civilian assistance, although it usually functions as a symbolic means to pressure countries to take action.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has made women's and children's rights a signature issue, called human trafficking a "terrible crime" as she presented the State Department's annual report.
"All of us have a responsibility to bring this practice to an end," she said.
The report estimated that 12.3 million people were the victims of trafficking in 2009-2010, although it said there has been progress in the past decade.
The State Department added a number of Asian nations to its watch list -- Afghanistan, Brunei, Laos, Maldives, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Bangladesh, China, India, Micronesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka remained on the list, unchanged from a year earlier.
North Korea, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea remained at the bottom level of countries that do not even meet the minimum standards on human trafficking.
Explaining the downgrade for Singapore, the report said that some women from China, the Philippines and Thailand are tricked into coming to the city-state with promises of legitimate employment and coerced into the sex trade.
The report said that while Singapore launched "some significant new steps" against trafficking, there were no "quantifiable indicators" that the government was identifying more victims or prosecuting more culprits.
The State Department said that Thailand was a source, destination and transit point for trafficking, with ethnic minorities and citizens of neighboring countries at particular risk of sexual abuse or forced labor.
Senator Jim Webb, who heads the Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia, had made an unusually open appeal not to place Thailand on the watch list.
Webb visited Bangkok this month and said US embassy staff disagreed with the intended downgrade as it could curb assistance for democracy and human rights programs in the wake of the kingdom's political violence.
The downgrade occurs "at a time when this type of aide is desperately needed to bolster political reforms in Thailand and to promote political stability," Webb said last week in a letter to Clinton.
The State Department recognized improvements in Pakistan, which was taken off the watch list, and Malaysia, which was on the list but removed from the lowest category of countries that do not meet minimum standards.
Pakistan "has dramatically increased the number of convictions and prosecutions for human trafficking, undertaking creative efforts to prevent bonded labor," Luis CdeBaca, the US envoy on human trafficking, told reporters.
Malaysian authorities "have acknowledged and begun to tackle their serious human trafficking problem, including intensified engagement with foreign governments," CdeBaca said.
From other regions, Cuba, Iran and Saudi Arabia remained in the rock-bottom category and the Dominican Republic was newly added.
Representative Christopher Smith, a Republican who authored the law that requires the human trafficking report, said that more countries should have been assigned the lowest rank.
"If we are willing to hold the Dominican Republic to account, as we should, it's outrageous that China, Vietnam and India get a free pass," Smith said.
Taiwan was upgraded and listed as fully compliant in efforts against human trafficking after starting new services for victims, CdeBaca said.
Australia, New Zealand and South Korea were also listed as fully compliant.
For the first time, the United States included itself in the report. It ranked itself in complianceSource: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...NIGJ2jVr1qflyQ
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ya too many foreigners come to spore to do prostitution illegally in pubs, nightclubs, spa, hotels and geylang.
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This is for angel7030 the mamasan cum prostitute of the dirty pub.
angel7030 , guilty of this or not???????
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Such problem were brought up. Eg. Joo Chiat area or even the heartland.
When Singaporean bring up our displeasure about the heavy influx of foreigner, it was shrugged off as filling up jobs that Singaporean shun.
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why USA never list Israel ???!!!
every year at least tens of thousands of East European women conned by Israelis with false promises of jobs only to be hookers in IsraHELL........!!!
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Originally posted by Sgcommoner:
Such problem were brought up. Eg. Joo Chiat area or even the heartland.
When Singaporean bring up our displeasure about the heavy influx of foreigner, it was shrugged off as filling up jobs that Singaporean shun.
angel7030 is working in the dirty pub in joo chiat. -
angel 7030 hired cheaper faster and better "gong guan - pr" in her dirty pub
must really increased the levy of this type of permit by 10 times
her type of industry/business must be tax heavily
also her business operation must shift to tuas
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true meh ? Angel7030 is really a mama-san ah ?
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take it with a pinch of salt. she could be a male in real life, who knows
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
true meh ? Angel7030 is really a mama-san ah ?
True. Those who frequent Speakers' Corner know this. she a mamasan cum prostitute. Did u not read the PMs she sent to we sacrifice to offer sex to him? -
Originally posted by Rooney9:
take it with a pinch of salt. she could be a male in real life, who knows
a male does not mean cannot be involved in prostitution. Did you not know that pimps are males as well? -
Issue too many visitor passes and work permits without adequqte qppropriate and thorough review process. its the law of cause and effect
oldman came up with ideas, but never bother to refine and tune it when its in the pipeline
prostitution must be made more profession, pros must go for regular medical checkup for STDs and Aids. agencies and whorehouse must be ISO9001 certified. New laws regulations and certification for various type of fetishes must be in place.
since we have QS, ISO, TS standards, wemust also have one standard for prostitution, say for example PS?
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that is just the social illness brought in by our govt's liberal migrant worker policies.
But again they have 10 million dollar intergate funds to intergrate these sex workers into our society and we rehab them into Law obedient singapore sex workers....
Our George FM will turn around and said where are the foreign sex workers? they are all singaporean.....just like Angel....
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We need more japanese, taiwanese, hong kongers and koreans in the prostitution industry. Hit mainstream
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serves PAP right for letting all foreigners into spore.FIRST THEY TAKE MY SALARY N JOB ......now foreigners claim this n that AGAINST PAP SPORE!
should i hahaha?
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PAP OPEN THEIR OWN ARSE TO BE SCREWED BY ITSELF!
THATS NOT MY FIGHT ANYMORE!THEY CREATED THAT PROBLEM FOR ME AND THEMSELVES SO THEY BETTER SOLVE IT AMONGST THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PILING UP.
NEXT PROBLEM PLEASE!!NEXT !!NEXTT!!!!
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this is so full of crap.
the americans should try solve their own problems first and stop meddling in other countries' affairs.
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Sad but true, our country is attracting all the whores ma. Only difference from us to the other countries listed is that most of the Singaporean women are not the prostitutes, it's those Foreigners.
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i beg to differ....
there are licensed and "unlicensed" prostitutes
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Tit for tat, this is to make up for the town council report card.
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lim swee say said, "cheaper, better, faster". I think the prostitution sector has achieved that. One prostitute can service up to 10 men a day, now that's pro dick tivity
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Originally posted by Fallen-Angel:
Sad but true, our country is attracting all the whores ma. Only difference from us to the other countries listed is that most of the Singaporean women are not the prostitutes, it's those Foreigners.
ya most of sg women are not pros but in sgf we have one pros cum mamasan angel7030 -
Wow...you all LOSERS with the capital "L", shame on all of you if you called yourself men or SG guys.
So fun picking on angel7030? Why don't you all pick on me? Or you all want me to pick on you?
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well u r a toad lusting after swan flesh as shown by ur avatar
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
well u r a toad lusting after swan flesh as shown by ur avatar
I can see you understand yourself very well. -
Originally posted by parn:
I can see you understand yourself very well.tks toady :) I always do.