SG young entrepreneur of the year arrested!

[Rogue Trader]

Prostitutes disguising as babysitters
Shin Min Daily News - 14 hrs 32 mins ago

Thai prostitutes were lured to Singapore and disguised as babysitters

23-year-old Liu Hua Long wanted to make a quick buck to further his studies, and offered Thai “babysitters” for hire. These babysitters were actually prostitutes in disguise!

However, his get-rich-quick scheme was exposed and he was charged for illegal prostitution in January this year. The mastermind was his 26-year-old friend. They worked with a Thai syndicate to lure prostitutes via a website to sell their services in Singapore.

The youth met his “pimp” friend at a club last year and agreed to work with him, in exchange for $50 everyday.

His job involved going to the airport to pick up the prostitutes, sending them to the hotels and collecting commission from them after the deed was done.

Between 1 January and 8 February this year, he ferried three Thai prostitutes in their 20s to a hotel in Little India to ply their trade. On 8 February, the prostitutes were arrested and the youth was captured near the hotel.

Liu is believed to have completed his secondary school studies and had just completed National Service before he was arrested. He was jobless and took the risk to make a quick buck.

He is currently working as an accountant, and told the court through his lawyer that he felt remorseful about what he did, and hoped for a lighter sentence. He is being fined $60,000.

Source: Shin Min Daily News, 21 June 2011. Click here for the Chinese version.

 

[youallhumsup]

Between 1 January and 8 February this year, he ferried three Thai prostitutes in their 20s to a hotel in Little India to ply their trade. On 8 February, the prostitutes were arrested and the youth was captured near the hotel.

With anti vice officers monitoring activities outside the hotels and vicinity, that was how the runner was caught.

 

[saratogas]

With so many prostitutes in sink... There must be pimps around to control them! If he doesn't do it others will...
The authority is just playing a cat & mouse game, supply and demand for such sexual service is a known fact. Might as well gahment set up a whore department to handle all the Girls...

 

[drifter]

Prostitutes disguising as babysitters
Shin Min Daily News - 14 hrs 32 mins ago

Thai prostitutes were lured to Singapore and disguised as babysitters

23-year-old Liu Hua Long wanted to make a quick buck to further his studies, and offered Thai “babysitters” for hire. These babysitters were actually prostitutes in disguise!

However, his get-rich-quick scheme was exposed and he was charged for illegal prostitution in January this year. The mastermind was his 26-year-old friend. They worked with a Thai syndicate to lure prostitutes via a website to sell their services in Singapore.

The youth met his “pimp” friend at a club last year and agreed to work with him, in exchange for $50 everyday.

His job involved going to the airport to pick up the prostitutes, sending them to the hotels and collecting commission from them after the deed was done.

Between 1 January and 8 February this year, he ferried three Thai prostitutes in their 20s to a hotel in Little India to ply their trade. On 8 February, the prostitutes were arrested and the youth was captured near the hotel.

Liu is believed to have completed his secondary school studies and had just completed National Service before he was arrested. He was jobless and took the risk to make a quick buck.

He is currently working as an accountant, and told the court through his lawyer that he felt remorseful about what he did, and hoped for a lighter sentence. He is being fined $60,000.

Source: Shin Min Daily News, 21 June 2011. Click here for the Chinese version.

what happen to his boss friend who offer him only $50 / per day ? that young man is not entrepreneur ...his boss is . he is just another tau pei kong .

 

[johnny333]

I thought prostituition was legal in Spore

Or do you need an entertainment licence

 

[halsey02]

I thought prostituition was legal in Spore

Or do you need an entertainment licence

The 60% approved the licence, previously it was 66.6%...of course it is legal!

 

[GoldenDragon]

I thought prostituition was legal in Spore

Or do you need an entertainment licence

Prostitution per se is not an offence. Soliciting in public is. Ditto those who make a living from the gals' earning.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Soliciting in public is. Ditto those who make a living from the gals' earning.

Now you see why my face
twitches non stop?

 

[GoldenDragon]

Now you see why my face
twitches non stop?

Hahahaaaaa!!!!

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Prostitution per se is not an offence. Soliciting in public is. Ditto those who make a living from the gals' earning.

I agree soliciting is illegal...but if living on immoral earnings is illegal then how come those OKTs in legal whorehouse not illegal? I think can even declare income tax.

 

[Leongsam]

I agree soliciting is illegal...but if living on immoral earnings is illegal then how come those OKTs in legal whorehouse not illegal? I think can even declare income tax.

The biggest cut of immoral earnings in Singapore goes to this bunch :

http://www.yps.com.sg/board.asp?page=about

Here's a sample of the sort of smut they get a cut from.

Escort Services(37)

The adverts are hardly subtle. They're about as explicit as they come. One law for the elite and another for the rest of us.

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</th></tr></tbody><caption style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> Discreet Desire offer the following products & services:</caption> <tbody><tr> <td width="50%">

• Adult Nightlife

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• Asian Escorts Companion

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Bachelor Party Services

</td> <td width="50%">

• Day and Night Discreet Services

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Escort Agencies

</td> <td width="50%">

• Female Companionship

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Female Erotic Dancers

</td> <td width="50%">

• Malay Female Escort

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Massage Services In Hotel

</td> <td width="50%">

• Models For Hire

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Personal Escort Companion

</td> <td width="50%">

• Premium Top Escort

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Singapore Chinese Female Escort

</td> <td width="50%">

• Singapore Modelling Agencies

</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%">

• Social Escort Singapore

</td></tr></tbody></table>
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[Frankiestine]

Hmmm sounds like you are not a member of SBF....you don't know what you are missing out..

 

[Frankiestine]

Gov don't tax legal GL houses, you already said its a immoral trade and taxing the earnings is tantamount to living off the earnings of these prostitutes which makes them no better then a OKT.

I agree soliciting is illegal...but if living on immoral earnings is illegal then how come those OKTs in legal whorehouse not illegal? I think can even declare income tax.

 

[talkincock]

Hmmm sounds like you are not a member of SBF....you don't know what you are missing out..

On SBF .. this has to be the ugliest banner pic to date.

 

[Frankiestine]

On SBF .. this has to be the ugliest banner pic to date.

Hahaha shoud have got her to shave those armpits first....

 

[Rogue Trader]

Hmmm sounds like you are not a member of SBF....you don't know what you are missing out..

yeah I'm not. I'm germaphobic ... especially don't like public toilets

 

[Rogue Trader]

The biggest cut of immoral earnings in Singapore goes to this bunch :

http://www.yps.com.sg/board.asp?page=about

Here's a sample of the sort of smut they get a cut from.

Escort Services(37)

The adverts are hardly subtle. They're about as explicit as they come. One law for the elite and another for the rest of us.

And you have a serious competitor weighing in.......

Published June 22, 2011

Mah Bow Tan advising Yellow Pages: sources
By TEH SHI NING

(SINGAPORE) Global Yellow Pages, which recently announced plans focusing on SMEs, may have landed a heavyweight adviser in former Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan.

Mr Mah: 'Since I've retired from office, I've been looking at various possibilities and have been in discussion with various people about how I can contribute in a meaningful way'

Sources say that Mr Mah has been an adviser to the executive committee of the listed company since June 2. Mr Mah says that he is 'not officially with the company' but is 'in discussions with them' over certain areas.

'Since I've retired from office, I've been looking at various possibilities and have been in discussion with various people about how I can contribute in a meaningful way,' Mr Mah told BT on Monday.

'One of the possibilities involved helping SMEs and non-profit organisations do their work better. In this regard, I have been discussing with Global Yellow Pages how they can help in this area,' he said.

Mr Mah stressed that he is not officially with the company, adding that Stanley Tan, GYP's executive chairman and acting CEO, is a friend of his, 'so we've been in discussions about some of these possibilities, that's all'.

Mr Mah stepped down from the Cabinet in May, along with former ministers Wong Kan Seng and Raymond Lim, as well as former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and former Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, following what was widely deemed a watershed general election.

Prior to entering political office in 1988, Mr Mah held private sector posts including director and group general manager (coordination) of Singapore Press Holdings and a number of leadership roles at the now defunct Singapore Monitor and Singapore News and Publications.

Mr Mah was also the board chairman of NTUC Comfort from 1983 to 1986. Comfort Group, which was formed out of the cooperative, merged with DelGro Corporation to become ComfortDelGro in 2003.

First elected into Parliament in 1988, Mr Mah held posts in the Trade and Industry, Communications and Environment ministries, before becoming National Development Minister in 1999. That last portfolio drew resentment from the public over high property prices and the shortage of new public housing in recent years.

Global Yellow Pages, which could not be reached for comment yesterday, has of late been focusing on its SME customers.

Since the launch of Solutions, a suite of business management services customised for SMEs, in April, the group has entered into three Solutions-related joint ventures.

The first two were with Coresoft, to provide customer relationship management and cloud computing solutions, and OneEmpower, to help SMEs run customer loyalty and gift card programmes. And earlier this month, GYP entered into a third with CyOne, to provide accounting and payroll applications to SMEs.

GYP has seen departures from its top management ranks recently, including chief operating officer Jimmy Tay, who resigned on June 15 'to pursue other opportunities and interests'. Mr Tay, 55, previously South-east Asia chief at public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, joined GYP in February this year.

For the full year ended March 31, GYP reported a net profit of $11.5 million, a 29.5 per cent drop from the preceding year's $16.4 million. Revenue fell 18.1 per cent from $50.7 million to $41.5 million due to a dip in print directories sales.

Last year, the group came under fire after some 80,000 businesses received mailers from one of its subsidiaries, Singapore Information Services (Insis), demanding payment for a directory-listing service they had not asked for. They were told that they would have to opt out of the service to avoid the $390.55 charge.

Global Yellow Pages closed flat at 15 cents a share yesterday.

 

[Rogue Trader]

stupid DB error

 

[kingrant]

Will be good to see if he will receive like anything near his last drawn salary!

And you have a serious competitor weighing in.......

Published June 22, 2011

Mah Bow Tan advising Yellow Pages: sources
By TEH SHI NING

(SINGAPORE) Global Yellow Pages, which recently announced plans focusing on SMEs, may have landed a heavyweight adviser in former Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan.

Mr Mah: 'Since I've retired from office, I've been looking at various possibilities and have been in discussion with various people about how I can contribute in a meaningful way'

Sources say that Mr Mah has been an adviser to the executive committee of the listed company since June 2. Mr Mah says that he is 'not officially with the company' but is 'in discussions with them' over certain areas.

'Since I've retired from office, I've been looking at various possibilities and have been in discussion with various people about how I can contribute in a meaningful way,' Mr Mah told BT on Monday.

'One of the possibilities involved helping SMEs and non-profit organisations do their work better. In this regard, I have been discussing with Global Yellow Pages how they can help in this area,' he said.

Mr Mah stressed that he is not officially with the company, adding that Stanley Tan, GYP's executive chairman and acting CEO, is a friend of his, 'so we've been in discussions about some of these possibilities, that's all'.

Mr Mah stepped down from the Cabinet in May, along with former ministers Wong Kan Seng and Raymond Lim, as well as former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and former Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, following what was widely deemed a watershed general election.

Prior to entering political office in 1988, Mr Mah held private sector posts including director and group general manager (coordination) of Singapore Press Holdings and a number of leadership roles at the now defunct Singapore Monitor and Singapore News and Publications.

Mr Mah was also the board chairman of NTUC Comfort from 1983 to 1986. Comfort Group, which was formed out of the cooperative, merged with DelGro Corporation to become ComfortDelGro in 2003.

First elected into Parliament in 1988, Mr Mah held posts in the Trade and Industry, Communications and Environment ministries, before becoming National Development Minister in 1999. That last portfolio drew resentment from the public over high property prices and the shortage of new public housing in recent years.

Global Yellow Pages, which could not be reached for comment yesterday, has of late been focusing on its SME customers.

Since the launch of Solutions, a suite of business management services customised for SMEs, in April, the group has entered into three Solutions-related joint ventures.

The first two were with Coresoft, to provide customer relationship management and cloud computing solutions, and OneEmpower, to help SMEs run customer loyalty and gift card programmes. And earlier this month, GYP entered into a third with CyOne, to provide accounting and payroll applications to SMEs.

GYP has seen departures from its top management ranks recently, including chief operating officer Jimmy Tay, who resigned on June 15 'to pursue other opportunities and interests'. Mr Tay, 55, previously South-east Asia chief at public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, joined GYP in February this year.

For the full year ended March 31, GYP reported a net profit of $11.5 million, a 29.5 per cent drop from the preceding year's $16.4 million. Revenue fell 18.1 per cent from $50.7 million to $41.5 million due to a dip in print directories sales.

Last year, the group came under fire after some 80,000 businesses received mailers from one of its subsidiaries, Singapore Information Services (Insis), demanding payment for a directory-listing service they had not asked for. They were told that they would have to opt out of the service to avoid the $390.55 charge.

Global Yellow Pages closed flat at 15 cents a share yesterday.

 

[GoldenDragon]

I agree soliciting is illegal...but if living on immoral earnings is illegal then how come those OKTs in legal whorehouse not illegal? I think can even declare income tax.

Bro, these OKTs are licensed not to pay taxes. What's legal and what's not depends on the govt. If they sanction your activities, it is ok. Otherwise, it is criminal. My licensed OKT friend told me no taxes paid and it is perfectly fine.