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View all search resultsEast Java to close 15 remaining red-light districts
Despite the end of financial assistance from the Social Affairs Ministry, the East Java provincial administration has said it is determined to close down 15 remaining red-light districts in the province
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D
espite the end of financial assistance from the Social Affairs Ministry, the East Java provincial administration has said it is determined to close down 15 remaining red-light districts in the province.
Head of the East Java Social Affairs Agency Indra Wiragana said in Jakarta on Thursday that after closing 32 of 47 red-light districts with the financial assistance from the ministry in the past four years, the remaining 15 would follow suit this fiscal year.
'There will be no more red-light districts in the province by the end of this year,' Indra said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Last year, the provincial government closed down the Dolly area in Surabaya, the biggest red-light district in Southeast Asia.
The 15 red-light districts were located in Nganjuk, Probolinggo, Lumajang, Jember and Ponorogo.
'After the Social Affairs Ministry stopped its financial assistance to the province, the closure of the remaining red-light districts will be fully covered by the provincial administration's budget,' service and social rehabilitation section head Budi Yuwono said, adding that sex workers employed in the red-light districts would be obliged to attend training centers to allow them to take up other professions.(+++)
