• IP addresses are NOT logged in this forum so there's no point asking. Please note that this forum is full of homophobes, racists, lunatics, schizophrenics & absolute nut jobs with a smattering of geniuses, Chinese chauvinists, Moderate Muslims and last but not least a couple of "know-it-alls" constantly sprouting their dubious wisdom. If you believe that content generated by unsavory characters might cause you offense PLEASE LEAVE NOW! Sammyboy Admin and Staff are not responsible for your hurt feelings should you choose to read any of the content here.

    The OTHER forum is HERE so please stop asking.

Serious Jail time proposed for operators of unlicensed massage outlets

paceslow

Alfrescian
Loyal
After they are busted, the operators of some unlicensed massage establishments will pay the $1,000 fine and open a new place soon after.

But now, the Government is proposing tougher laws in the face of a 40 per cent increase in the number of unlicensed massage establishments here between 2013 and last year.

Many of these, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), are fronts for vice activities.

The MHA yesterday tabled the Massage Establishments Bill in Parliament for first reading.

The Bill includes a tenfold increase in the fine, up to $10,000 for operators of such establishments.

While there is no risk of jail time currently for operators of unlicensed massage establishments, the Bill includes a jail term of up to two years.

The harsher penalties will also extend to landlords who knowingly lease their property to unlicensed operators.

Under the Bill, the landlord must evict the operator within a month. If the tenant refuses to vacate the premises, the landlord can apply to court to get his premises back.

Landlords who take "reasonable steps to do so" will not be penalised, while those who do not face a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment of up to two years, or both.

And while criminal proceedings are ongoing, police will be able to close the massage establishments, which currently remain open "because of their profitability", said the MHA in a press release.

Meanwhile, the Bill is also making a distinction between high-and low-risk activities when it comes to massage establishment licences.

Those providing services deemed as low-risk - such as nail salon services, hair removal treatments, fish spas and baths - will no longer need to apply for a licence under this Bill.

"These activities do not pose the same law and order concerns as traditional massage establishments offering body massages in private rooms," said the MHA.

However, low-risk establishments found to be providing unlicensed massage services will face the same stiffer penalties.

Licensees with a good track record could be issued licences valid for up to three years, instead of the current one year.

Ms Gloria Tan, senior vice-president of the Spa and Wellness Association, said it welcomed the Bill.

She said: "In fact, our association has always been saying that a $1,000 fine for operating an unlicensed massage establishment is too low. It isn't enough of a deterrent to those who will just pay the $1,000 and open another establishment. These operators have been giving everyone in the business a bad name."

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jail-time-proposed-for-operators-of-unlicensed-massage-outlets
 

batman1

Alfrescian
Loyal
Do they dare to raid the high-class Five Star ***** Nite-Club joints for the rich ? Only the rich can have fun ?
 

halsey02

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
Jail term of up to two years for opening unlicensed massage parlours- but 8 deaths and 25 patients affected by hepatitis in the outbreak at the SGH see only warnings and financial penalties with nobody named and no amount mentioned!
What kind of law and govt is this?

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...-for-role-in-hepatitis-c-outbreak-in-hospital

You pay 'protection fees' to 'big brother' or be a MEMBER of the 'big brother organization', you can be 'cousins', 'members' or 'brothers', the gravest mistakes you make you get a slap on the wrists only...

All you need to do is to pay for a license , apply for all the necessary 'revenues' departments fees, & like the saying goes, " do anything, but don't get caught'...join the RC, volunteer, apply for license...."members have their privileges'...

get it?
 

JohnTan

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
After they are busted, the operators of some unlicensed massage establishments will pay the $1,000 fine and open a new place soon after.

This is the root cause of the proliferation of brothels masquerading as massage parlours. The penalty is so low that it is encouraging people to set up such fronts for brothels.

Grassroots leaders like myself have been petitioning our PAP grassroots advisors for a long time to drastically increase the penalty for setting up such vice establishments.

I am glad parliament is finally heeding advice from the ground and increasing the fine by 10 times plus jail sentence. This would teach sinkies not to turn our Confucian society into some bangkok red light district.
 

Froggy

Alfrescian (InfP) + Mod
Moderator
Generous Asset
$10,000 to many Singaporeans is nothing without jail and caning.
 

congo9

Alfrescian
Loyal
Without letting these outlets to flourish, rental will fall. In turn will affect the price of new commercial property. Also without these joints, the people who contributed to the CPF to all the older folks to make up for the quota. Who is going to answer for all these budget deficits ? Where you also get extra stamp duty ?

You want high property price but you must also look at the fundamental supporting all these basics .
 

Narong Wongwan

Alfrescian (Inf)
Asset
All the so called Operators are Tua Pek Kongs.
So it’s actually good news for them as the market rate just went up
 

pakchewcheng

Alfrescian
Loyal
This is the root cause of the proliferation of brothels masquerading as massage parlours. The penalty is so low that it is encouraging people to set up such fronts for brothels.

Grassroots leaders like myself have been petitioning our PAP grassroots advisors for a long time to drastically increase the penalty for setting up such vice establishments.

I am glad parliament is finally heeding advice from the ground and increasing the fine by 10 times plus jail sentence. This would teach sinkies not to turn our Confucian society into some bangkok red light district.


Rotaning with the death penalty to take place after that.
If not enough, use cruxifications the ISIS style.

After all, PAP already used the worse of democracy, the worse of communism and the worse of nazism to combined that to use on us.
Those days no ISIS to plagiarise from. Now PAP know better and can further improve on how to rule Singaporeans
 

theblackhole

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
ok ok let us be honest
so many shops empty in hdb heartlands
so many retail shops close no business
rentals too high
the china Singaporean operators move in
owners happy happy rent them out
booming business spa here spa there spa everywhere
everyone happy happy happy....you cut them off
shops empty...all impoverished...singaporeans suffer most
no other business can boom now -- you see hair salons everywhere
all die..now hair cut $3!!!!!...but other handjobs easily $100 !!!
 
Top