Students call for prostitution ban

Students call for prostitution ban

JAKARTA (JP): High school students think the government is fighting a losing battle against the spread of HIV, a deadly virus that leads to AIDS.

"The government's efforts in fighting the spread of the disease are futile as long as pleasure-seeking businesses, which inherently breeds prostitution are allowed to exist," said a student of SMU 52 in, in North Jakarta, in a discussion last week.

The school is located in the city's port area in North Jakarta where a thriving sex business exists.

Students in this school demand that the center be banned if the government genuinely wants to prevent the rapid and rampant spread of the AIDS epidemic.

The discussion was held by the Indonesian Journalists Association and Palma foundation last Saturday in connection with the forthcoming Press Day on Feb. 9.

Current rumors suggest that the prostitution center will be relocated to another area in North Jakarta, Rawa Malang. (14)