Who Owns Patpong? Thailand’s Sex Industry

Michael Backman

Chapter Chapter 19 in Inside Knowledge, 2005, pp 201-206 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Singapore, prostitution is effectively legal, as the government administers as many as six official designated red light areas in which as many as 400 licensed brothels operate. In Thailand, however, prostitution is illegal. It is one of the great ironies of Asia. Anuch Mokhawes, Thailand’s deputy interior permanent secretary, said in respect of Thailand’s many massage parlors, “It turns out that some of them provide commercial sex to customers.”1 Well, who would have thought? There are at least 2000 massage parlors in Bangkok alone.

Keywords: Flight Attendant; Thai Woman; Great Brand; Thai Government; Massage Parlor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230522398_19

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