Visitors from HK usually charter speedboats from the outlying islands of Cheung Chau and Lantau, or board bigger vessels making regular trips from Aberdeen, usually on Saturday evenings. If you want something younger, or older, tell one of the dozens of pimps milling around the streets or see the PSB officer at the pier. This is China's new frontier and anything can be arranged for a price. Like their counterparts elsewhere in the world, the girls give themselves working names, There are more than a few Candys and dozens named after flowers. It is not allowed.
Karaoke lounges have the usual bar, video screen and couches.
A HK visitor is often on the microphone, drunkenly serenading his love of the hour. The next stop is the room upstairs. In barber shops the visitors are asked if they want a massage or a shampoo. They do not cut hair. Police believe they have prevented the employment of underage girls in karaoke bars during the school holidays despite the shelving of plans for tougher regulations to control the vice establishments.