Prostitution in Hong Kong
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Prostitution in Hong Kong is legal, but pimping is not, as per the situation with prostitution in the United Kingdom.
Over the past decade, Hong Kong has been the destination of women trafficked from mainland China for the purposes of prostitution. This phenomenon has become more of a focus of police investigation since it is connected to organised crime activity. In 1995, the Zhuhai public security bureau was implicated in such activity. It can be argued that through this, prostitution is limited.
The main venues are topless bars, karaoke bars and massage parlours. Much of the commercial sex worker industry consists of women living in small, usually first floor one room apartments all over Hong Kong Island and much of Kowloon. They will advertise for clients on the internet and local classifieds. Another major aspect of this trade is migrant sex workers, particularly in Wan Chai district, catering to Western businessmen and tourists. Nationalities of working girls in this area is predominantly Thai and Filipino, although nearly every Asian Nation is represented. Many work on a freelance basis in Wan Chai bars and discotheques (see Wan Chai Bar Girls article for an in depth description of commercial sex work in Wan Chai). many migrant sex workers arrive on a short tourist visa and try to make as much as money as possible before leaving Hong Kong, often to return a short time later for another stretch. There are also underground organisations that arrange for foreign girls (usually Thai) to gain work in Hong Kong legally with an entertainment visa but in fact will be working in go-go bars (strip clubs in Wan Chai) or other hostess clubs around Hong Kong.
The laws of Hong Kong currently allows classified ads for prostitution, through websites that allow clients to make appointments with prostitutes.
[edit] HK movies
- Call Girl 1988 (應召女郎一九八八)
- Hong Kong Gigolo (香港舞男) (1990), stars Simon Yam
- Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (現代應召女郎, 92應召女郎) (1992), stars Vivian Chow
- Call Girls '94 (94應召女郎) (1994)
- Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄, 榴槤飄香) (2000), directed by Fruit Chan
- Hollywood Hong-Kong (香港有個荷里活) (2001), directed by Fruit Chan
- Public Toilet (人民公廁)(2002), directed by Fruit Chan
- Golden Chicken (金雞) (2002), stars Sandra Ng
- Golden Chicken 2(金雞3) (2004), stars Sandra Ng
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