SLEAZE in Joo Chiat is not welcome...No rooms by the hour
 

Monday newspaper ( ST 17 Nov 2008 ) New ruling...That is the message from Hotels Licensing Board, which told all hotels in the Joo Chiat Road area to STOP offering hourly to customers begining from 1st January 2009, all Hotels in the Joo Chiat area will be banned from offering hourly rates in a bid to crack down on sleaze in the heritage area.
The ruling requires hotel operators to let rooms at FULL DAY rates. It will apply to the nine hotels there & any new hotels opened in the area !

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saw the same piece of news today...

think this will greatly impact the business there.. same situation couple of years ago when they attempt to push hotel in Area G to only offer day rate...

for the next month business drop by more than 50%...
really wonder how Joo Chiat hotels going to survive on that...

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Thanks for the info bro! Lucky, cos I don't read newspapers.

The hotels will suffer significant losses, these hotels are popular for KTV customers. After KTV close, some customers will tabao the gals out to hotel just beside.

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Since JC is force into this situation the vietnam gem why not go over to GL. Since we are at financial crisis more competition might bring down the price :). Looking fwd for multi country choice to choose from. We have PRC, Indon, Siam & our north land servicing us now, with one more choice why not.

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I don't think it will affect the gals nor the hotels . But it will sure be beneficial to all us BROs . rates for over niter will be competitively lowered !:D

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rental may be $20/day :p ...

hotel won't make a big lose, who bro will stay there so long :p

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Wow...bros do take note of this report ! [ Clamp down on hourly rated hotels. ] :confused:
Perhaps we could book a full day room, 3 to 4 of us & share it among ourself with the ladies...hehe ! :D

Read this morning newspaper...Rising property prices to get airing in the House.
Copy from the The Straits Times ( 12th Sept 2009 )...
"Mr Christopher de Souza ( Holland - Bukit Timah GRC ) wants to know if the Goverment would consider tightening the rules for hourly rated hotels.
He sees a worrying trend of such hotels - which typically attract activities such as prostitution - creeping out of the red-light districts."

He told The Straits Times " I have been getting feedback from constituents who are seeing an increase in vice activities beyond the conventional boundaries of Geylang. One way to address this is to clamp down on hourly rated hotels".

He is raising it as "a possible solution and would like to see what the Goverment has to say". :mad:

On Monday, three Bills tabled during the last sitting will also be debated -
the Private Education Bill, the Copyright (Amendment) Bill and the Casino Control (Amendment)

Re: SLEAZE in Joo Chiat is not welcome...No rooms by the hour
 

Kanina :mad: