its Incredible how cheap low cost carriers offer their seats nowadays. When I booked my ticket to Beijing (Tianjin), it only cost about RM600 for a return ticket and Beijing is more than 2000 miles away from Malaysia!

Greeting everyone. Been a while since the last post. For the past few weeks my friend and I have been preparing and going for a 1 week trip to Beijing. We had planned this trip for a while and we were happy to finally complete the adventurous journey. Having said that, for the next few posts I will write about the whole journey, the preparations and also tips for those interested on doing a Beijing trip of their own. Worried about halal food? No worries, in the following "Beijing Chronicles" I will explain everything about everything I did there, the problems and solutions we came up with. So please stay tuned.

I read this article from bintulu.org :

Malaysia sex trade reaping RM3 billion in 2008

Sex trade is illegal in Malaysia but that didn’t stop it from reaping whooping RM3 billion profits last year according to Tenaganita a non-governmental organisation.

Tenaganita estimated that the number of prostitutes in the country at least 150,000 with more than 10,000 operating in the Klang Valley alone.

A prostitute monthly earning easily surpassing that of a minister, university professor or high ranking government officers.

Charging an average of RM150 an hour, eight client per day, working seven-day a week, a prostitute ends up making RM36,000 a month said Aegile Fernandez, Tenaganita anti-human trafficking coordinator.

“Serving an average of eight clients a day, she ends up making RM1,200 daily and possibly RM36,000 a month,” she said.

According to Aegile, syndicates that run brothels usually have up to 100 girls under them.

http://www.bintulu.org/news/2009/05/25/malaysia-sex-trade-reaping-rm3-billion-2008.php