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Response to "Double standards in vice controls?" (Today 4 Nov 2011)
Today
17 Nov 2011
Tough stand against vice activities
Letter from Supt Ho Yenn Dar Assistant Director, Media Relations, Singapore Police Force Koh Wee Sing Head, Public & Internal Communications, Corporate Communications Division, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
WE REFER to the letter by Mr Leoi Boon Heng "Double standards in vice controls?" (Nov 4).
The police takes a tough stand against vice activities. We monitor the situation in Singapore closely.
Besides joint operations with the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) at checkpoints, the police also conducts both island-wide and localised enforcement operations regularly. These enforcement actions will continue.
We would like to thank the writer for sharing his views and suggestions to tackle the vice situation in Singapore.
We will monitor the situation closely and introduce new measures if necessary.
<Original Letter>
Today
4 Nov 2011
Double standards in vice control?
Letter from Leoi Boon Heng
IT IS TIME the authorities clamp down on illegal vice activities in Orchard Towers like they have been doing so actively to control vice in Geylang, Joo Chiat and Tanjong Pagar.
One visit and you can see how sleazy the place is, with vice activities being solicited openly in the pubs. Even police presence outside the building does not deter girls who are there to offer their services.
Are there double standards in vice control, as Orchard Towers is patronised by tourists and expatriates? Unless the authorities officially designates it as a red-light area, it is time to clean up the place.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority can also be more alert in controlling the entry of these girls from Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Eastern European countries.
They enter on social visit passes so frequently in a year, it should signal that they are not genuine tourists or visitors.
Of course, there are frequent travellers who come for various reasons, but the profile of such young girls who enter Singapore to perpetrate vice is easy to spot. More stringent ICA checks would discourage them from entering in the first place.
It is no wonder that tourist numbers have risen all these years. One wonders how many such visitors contribute to the numbers.
17 Nov 2011
Tough stand against vice activities
Letter from Supt Ho Yenn Dar Assistant Director, Media Relations, Singapore Police Force Koh Wee Sing Head, Public & Internal Communications, Corporate Communications Division, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
WE REFER to the letter by Mr Leoi Boon Heng "Double standards in vice controls?" (Nov 4).
The police takes a tough stand against vice activities. We monitor the situation in Singapore closely.
Besides joint operations with the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) at checkpoints, the police also conducts both island-wide and localised enforcement operations regularly. These enforcement actions will continue.
We would like to thank the writer for sharing his views and suggestions to tackle the vice situation in Singapore.
We will monitor the situation closely and introduce new measures if necessary.
<Original Letter>
Today
4 Nov 2011
Double standards in vice control?
Letter from Leoi Boon Heng
IT IS TIME the authorities clamp down on illegal vice activities in Orchard Towers like they have been doing so actively to control vice in Geylang, Joo Chiat and Tanjong Pagar.
One visit and you can see how sleazy the place is, with vice activities being solicited openly in the pubs. Even police presence outside the building does not deter girls who are there to offer their services.
Are there double standards in vice control, as Orchard Towers is patronised by tourists and expatriates? Unless the authorities officially designates it as a red-light area, it is time to clean up the place.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority can also be more alert in controlling the entry of these girls from Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Eastern European countries.
They enter on social visit passes so frequently in a year, it should signal that they are not genuine tourists or visitors.
Of course, there are frequent travellers who come for various reasons, but the profile of such young girls who enter Singapore to perpetrate vice is easy to spot. More stringent ICA checks would discourage them from entering in the first place.
It is no wonder that tourist numbers have risen all these years. One wonders how many such visitors contribute to the numbers.