here's my experience, for whatever its worth.
on a recent mongering trip to North Point (Feb 9 to be exact), cant remember the girl's name but it was a B&S and i have mentioned it in the HK reports, i saw this pretty girl standing on the street corner in a costume giving out flyers for a spa... i approached, she gave me a flyer, i said hi, talked a bit, found out she was a university student trying to make some extra money, and i said it's such a waste of her beauty (she was very pretty) to stand on a street corner, and may i take her out to dinner etc etc...
she came over for dinner, i was staying in one of the Pacific Place hotels, we had dinner and drinks and just had a good chat, and i said i dont want her going out and standing on that corner, and asked her how much she was making, and i offered to give her the amount just so she dont need to stand there. she hesitated at first and i said just take it, no strings attached. so she did. of course we exchanged phone numbers and the next day i called her for dinner again, and she came and we had drinks, and a cigar at the Sheraton, and we both had a bit too much to drink and I asked her to stay over and she did.
Did something happen? yes. did i pay her for it? not directly. the next day i gave her HK$2000 as a going away present as I was flying out, but i've kept her number and we SMS a lot. so i will visit her next month when i come to HK again.
it's a long story, i didnt put all the details, just the important ones.
so i think it is possible for a civilian to accept money, but the % may be very low, not to mention the unwanted attention you will attract when she regrets you in a not so discreet manner. | |