Singapore's Geylang is currently the only legal red light district, similar to Shinjuku Kabukicho in Japan and Pattaya in Thailand.
Geylang doesn't have many tourists during the day, surrounded by dilapidated houses, restaurants, and hotels. When night falls, Geylang comes alive with a variety of food shops and bars offering a variety of services. Some of the female workers, dressed in cool clothes, stood on the side of the street, speaking fluent English and talking to the guests. The singular alleys are restaurants, and the double-numbered alleys are.
The bar that provides services is called "gogo bar", which usually buys a bottle of beer for a few yuan, and there will be an endless stream of women around to talk.
There are two sources of this mode of tourism, the first is the military base of the US military, and the second is the Japanese colonial period. The idea of patriarchy became more and more serious, many women became the mistresses of foreign officers, and at that time, a large number of mixed-race children appeared, and many inhumane pictures appeared. The most important reason for women to work in service work is "poor", and the income of a year of hard work in the factory is not even as good as a few nights.
Singapore is still not very recognized about the customs industry, but the relevant bars are still very tolerant, in order to prevent the occurrence of forced women to work, but also in order to stabilize the society to prevent criminal incidents, Singapore under a series of reforms, the red light district service gradually legalized, Geylang became the only legal red light district. The government issued a total of 1,300 legal work permits, but the actual number of practitioners far exceeded this number. In 2021, there will be more than 20,000 practitioners, most of whom are from countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, and there are very few local women in the industry.
There are still many regulations that legal practitioners need to comply with. First, obtain legal documents issued by the government; second, pay taxes on time in strict accordance with the regulations; third, go home immediately after work, and cannot stay longer; fourth, foreign women cannot serve Singaporeans; fifth, they can only do business in the prescribed places; sixth, the identity certificate cannot be shown to be male; seventh, they must be 21 to 35 years old, not old, not small; eighth, the validity period of the certificate is only two years, and can not be processed for the second time; ninth, every half month requires a physical examination twice; tenth, Marriage to a local is prohibited.
One white American man said, "Geylang is the Disneyland for retired men. ”