SHE had big dreams when she left her family in Zhejiang province in China and came to Singapore.
The former factory worker arrived with just one piece of luggage, lured by the promise of easy money to build a better life for her factory-worker parents and two younger brothers.
A year later, the petite woman realises that “many, many miles stand between my life now and my dreams”.
She can’t even return home – not until she earns enough to pay off the debts the family incurred to send her here.
Miss Ke-er, 25, told The New Paper on Sunday in rapid-fire Mandarin: “The agent (who arranged her trip) told me that I’d have to pay up nearly $6,000 for grooming and wardrobe fees if I decide to end my contract prematurely.”
Her plight mirrors that of 24-year-old karaoke lounge hostess Li Hong Yan, whose body was found floating in the lap pool of a Sentosa Cove bungalow on March 24.
The New Paper on Sunday team interviewed 25 women from various provinces in China who are working in nightclubs or walking the streets here.
>> Here to seek better life
>> You name it, I'd have done it
Good policy. The men pass on. Maybe through fatal heart attack whilst shagging can be a bonus. Pick up the "estate" of the deceased. Have PR there. Re-marry to some kinda David Beckham / Thorsten Nolte "hunk".
These girls ain't stupid......
aslo look at our own singapore girl.....they do went to the west to look for better life.....they do the same to get marry to old and ugly white man........
so are u saying that those china chinese lady are bad.....look at your own self la .......
I stand corrected. Thanx.
Though there has been some "coalescing" of activity towards an "epicentre" which seems to be a plan for the future of prostitution in SG.
"Lassooing" areas and charging the Social Visit hookers - fair enough.
"Lassooing" areas and maybe insinuating the masseurs should learn a bit of English and get down the resorts maybe.
Moot point and things are still unfolding IMHO......
No, I do not based my thoughts on pre-recession, pre-raids etc.
Yeah I concur too.
But in the process of facilitating some of these chix' dreams, are we are shattering others...?
I like females. but I may not be far off the truth when I say that the resident+transient population is made up 60% women and 40% men.
That's a lot of "beaver" chasing a lot less "gear-lever".
Let's cut to the chase. They come here to:
1. Massage.
2. Shag.
I'm not that gifted, but even I can carry out those two tasks proficiently.
even if there are those who earn a decent living here in s'pore, they also resort to such ways just to be better than in their home country (eg. taking somebody's husband away).
Correction: They come here seeking a better life at the expense of wives who lost their husbands & children left with broken homes. They hope to make quick & easy money, resorting to offer sex & cheating ignorant men of every cents they can milk. Of course they hope to find a husband here but most of the time these are someone else's husband & they don't give a damn. They didn't earn the label 'husband-snatchers" without a good reason.
They picked their path, they have other options but they succumbed to greed & comfort, whats the point of crying foul now?!