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A 19 year old polytechnic student with the name of “Christine” has posted messages on ST707 and sgaids to “sell” herself in order to raise money for her mother’s medical treatment.

She claimed that her mother was terminally ill and in need of “a lot of money”.

Describing herself as a “cute local Singapore poly girl” offering “freelance service”, Christine wrote that she is also looking for a “sugardaddy” below the age of 40 to support her family while providing “freelance service” in the meantime.

The news was reported widely in the Straits Times, local Chinese tabloids as well as the Malaysian papers The Star and Sin Chew Daily.

“Freelance service” is an euphemism for self-prostitution which is technically not illegal in Singapore. However, open advertising for sexual services and touting for customers in the public are against the law.

Christine had uploaded three scantily-clad pictures of herself on her blog. In the pictures, Christine was half-naked, wearing only a lacy black G-string.

There was a separate link to more “racy pictures” on the blog where one had to pay to view the site. Her handphone number is also provided. However, it is not known if the advertisement is a hoax or a spam linked to a pornographic site.

Due to the current economic crisis, there is a rising number of young Singapore girls including undergraduates who have to resort to “freelance services” to earn a living to support their studies or families.

While some local undergraduates have financial difficulties and have to take up part-time jobs to continue their studies, foreign students studying in Singapore universities on government scholarships offered by MOE have their tuition fees pay for entirely on top of a monthly allowance. They are often enrolled in courses like engineering, computing and science.

These scholars are guaranteed good-paying jobs upon graduation - they are required to work in approved companies by the Singapore government for between three to eight years. In contrast, Singapore graduates have to seek out jobs on their own and are burdened with a hefty study loan.