Chow Brothel Brothers
So geht Neuseeland mit Migranten um:
Vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär
Größter Bordellbetreiber Neuseeland
Familienbetrieb
2 brothers: John (Chow Ka Yu) and Michael Chow (Chow Ka Ming)
2 sisters: Vicki and Jenny
Immigrating from Hong Kong in 1984 to Wellington
Damals war John 14, heute ist er 40.
Übernahmen das Fastfood take-away der Eltern 1997
Umsatzverdopplung durch 24h Öffnungszeit und Schichtarbeit
Gründeten Fitness Club Exodus, betreiben soccer sponsoring
investierten im Sexarbeit-Business
- The Mermaid Bar in Wellington und
- Splash Club brothels in Auckland
$26m purchase of the 18-storey Westpac bank building in Lambton Quay Wellington
und wuchsen zur Investment property group (market value $200 million)
Chow Group has 80-100 employees plus 200 contractors (davon 100 sex workers, die $7,8 Mio Umsatz im Jahr oder $300 je Sexworker und Tag erwirtschaften), referring to their Exodus Health & Fitness Club, run by a sister, and the brothels.
Ihr Geschäftsgeheimnis: family values/brother hood, hard work & calculated risk taking (
due diligence Firmen-Verkaufswert-Ermittlung), cash flow maximization...
"the adult entertainment business has higher margins, comparing that to the fast-food business", "the brothel made more in 1 hour than their hotel made in 24 hours" [Phiona Baskett, Il-Bordello 2006].
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HME_aCYKGE firmeneigenes promo video
www.chowgroup.co.nz
2 Neueröffnungen
- “Penthouse Clubs” high-rise "pup-up" brothel und
1,5 Etagen in ihrem 15stöckigem Neubau
in Auckland, Neueröffnung 2013
Hier erkennt man ihren harten Arbeitseinsatz der zum Erfolg führt: Before 221 submissions were necessarily being made, of which only 1 was in conditional support.
2008 the brothers bought the 124-year-old Palace Hotel in Auckland's Victoria St for $3.3m and were planning to spend $10m doing up the heritage building in time for next year's Rugby World Cup. But then Auckland Council issued an emergency demolition order after cracks suddenly appeared in the building.
- "Galaxy Club", Gore Street, Auckland, Neueröffnung 2013
für 80-120 sex worker, 18-40 Jahre alt,
also owned the Mermaid strip club below.
Spent $4 million on the fitout and strengthening the building which we bought 2 years ago.
www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/chow-broth ... l/1888556/
Medienschelte: "What would be nice is if the media stopped calling them the Brothel Brothers - it's a bit of a smack in the face with legitimate businessmen whose adult industry sector is only in a small proportion of the properties they own".
- Auckland rumors about glamorous flagship brothel in the $10m penthouse apartment on top of the Hilton on Viaduct Basin.
- Wellington back then, Courtenay Place business interests feared the whole strip could become a red- light district and tried to stop the Mermaid bar opening. Wellington City Council was powerless as the club complied with district plan rules, but to placate objectors it
changed planning rules to prevent other sex businesses moving to Courtenay Place. But it was a case of shutting the door after the whores had bolted. With potential competitors barred, the Chow Group's enterprise was guaranteed sole status in the city's prime entertainment strip. So wird aus einer Politik der Prostitutions-Eindämmung ein Monopolisten-Schutz für etablierte Betreiber.
Prostitution is, of course, no longer [2003] illegal in New Zealand,
but the social stigma remains. This was underlined last year, when the Chow Group attempted to sell the Vivian St building where they operate their swanky
Il-Bordello. It was withdrawn from auction at the last minute after Bayleys agents were told would-be buyers did not want to be seen bidding for a building with bordello in a public auction room.
These men have made their money - the enormous cash flow that fuelled their fast-growing business - off women selling themselves, some [misoharlotric person] said.
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/big- ... l-Brothers
Die Prostitutionsgegner sind auch nicht fern:
Chows' brothel business, claiming girls aged just 18-21 are rostered on 17-hour shifts, charged for towels, linen, ads, marketing plus a $400 administration fee. The girls also pay for their own lubricants and condoms. Customers pay around $220 an hour and the women get $100-$120 of that.
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/articl ... d=10718042
"Monsignor David Tonks, pastoral assistant to Catholic Bishop Patrick Dunn, has expressed concerns about more brothels, predicting more crime, particularly murders."
The Prostitutes' Collective supports the expansion, a spokesperson saying she was disappointed there had been opposition to the project.
www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/chow-broth ... l/1888556/
Sexworker sind dafür, sind ja ihre Arbeitsplätze.
Aber es gibt sicher eine Spaltung der Meinungen zwischen Sexworkern die unabhängig arbeiten wollen und diejenigen die in solchen Clubs besser verdienen...
www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/B1D8651B ... aland1.pdf 
