Sin Po Po Bar: Singapore's last Chinese hostess bar

Sin Po Po, which was in the news recently over a crime committed in 1980, is the last true Chinese hostess bar in Singapore

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Where do lounge hostesses go when the bloom of youth is gone? Where can they turn when cheeks become a little hollow and laugh lines appear, and customers drift away in search of younger companions?

They might come to where I am now: Sin Po Po Bar.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on April 08, 2018, with the headline Sin Po Po Bar: Singapore's last Chinese hostess bar. Subscribe