Sex workers dwindle in Bandung

Wed, 16 Jun 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANDUNG: In contrast to other provinces, the number of sex
workers across 25 West Java towns and cities has decreased this
year following regular raids, a local senior official claimed on
Tuesday.

Last year, at least 6,276 sex workers were operating in some
300 West Java brothels, but only 5,527 were recorded in 2004,
said provincial social affairs head Mochamad Masduki.

"We have continued to educate sex workers and have provided
them vocational skills training after they were rounded up by
security authorities," he said in explanation. -- JP

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