These were advertisements by Hong Kong’s prostitutes in an adult magazine. You couldn’t see the faces of most of them.
Most of them will be in a teasing negligee or in underwear when they open the door for you. Generally they are quite plain looking. The photos are deceptive. They do not reveal defects on the women’s body. I have come across one with loose breasts and dark nipples and another with unsightly folds of flesh at the stomach. There was one with an unappetizing red scar at the abdomen.
The majority come from China. I doubt they go for regular mandatory health checkup.
I have visited the following places: Hop Yee Building, Fuji Building and East South Building in Causeway Bay; Fook Kiu Mansion and Champagne Courts A & B in Tsim Sha Tsui and New Lucky House in Jordan. All are old buildings and have squeaky lifts. Most of these buildings have a caretaker sitting in a cubicle near the lift landing at the ground or first floor.
The rooms, usually lit in romantic lightings, are sparsely furnished. There is a small bathing area, a television set and sometimes a fridge. Normally they don't offer you a drink. There are towels but if you are suspicious of the towels, bring a small one yourself.
Hop Yee Building did not have a caretaker. It was the most littered of the buildings I have been to. Paper, boxes and drink containers were strewn along the staircases. On the day I visited there were even two big discarded mattresses along the staircase between two upper floors. Words and telephone numbers were scrawled on the walls near the lifts.
New Lucky House houses several guesthouses. At times you would be waiting for the lifts with a score or more people at the ground level. There are two lifts but on the day of my visit, one of them was out of order and the other lift only goes up to a certain level. A crowd was waiting, among them guests with their luggage. There would be chaos if there were a fire or a bomb explosion.
I intend to visit Mongkok, North Point and Tin Hau when I go to Hong Kong again.
