http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1663/singkawang/ 4 Comments on "Singkawang Brides"
1. sputjam Says: April 25th, 2008 at 8:58 am<http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1663/singkawang/#comment-83408> It used to be the poor around Haadyai(southern Thailand) who sold their daughters virginity. But now that they are prosperous and with the AIDS epidemic rampaging, those with uncontrollable sexual urges have to look elsewhere. Singkawang is famous as far north as South Korea and Japan for the place to find obedient brides. The Hakkas in malaysia are famous for their Chicken rice and Chicken chop plus their "kopi tiam" shops. Lee Kuan Yew is a Hakka. On the fees, I heard it was about USD10000/- per bride, but maybe, as most cases in Indonesia, the middlemen gets the biggest margin. 2. <http://therabexperience.blogspot.com/> Rob<http://therabexperience.blogspot.com/>Says: April 25th, 2008 at 11:01 am<http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1663/singkawang/#comment-83432> A sad fact of life! Maybe with a little more attention paid to this then perhaps something can be done to address the apparent economic hardships that drive this industry. Although, any initiatives in this area probably rank fairly lowly on the Indonesian Government's "to do list"! Good weekend to all! 3. <http://gjjakarta.blogspot.com/> GJ<http://gjjakarta.blogspot.com/>Says: April 25th, 2008 at 12:27 pm<http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1663/singkawang/#comment-83445> If this is a sad fact of life and circumstances dictate that this practice will continue, then I think the local people need to take control. Cut out the "middleman", be more selective to whom they engage with and eventually if the monies are returned to the community, they will be able to develop a better longer term viable strategy. Arranged marriages take place in many areas of the world but this is more along a business model. I know not ideal solution, but much better you have a say in the exploitation than not. Some control is better than none, in my view. 4. wowid11 Says: April 26th, 2008 at 1:13 am<http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1663/singkawang/#comment-83620> The truth is these men are loser. They are the "unwanted" bachelor in their origin country. No girls in their origin country want to marry them, that why they come to singkawang. They pretend to be rich people to fool these girls. I went to Taiwan once and met one of the girl marrying the taiwanese. Back home she was promise with lots of fortune and better living but the truth; she is living in a very poor condition, much worse than the condition in singkawang, however, she can't go back because she has no money and the new husband wont let her… poor thing!
