Activist Wang Fang-ping, right, secretary-general of Taiwan's Collective of Sex Workers and Supporters, hugs Lichun, a former worker at one of Taipei's ``public brothels,'' in front of a collection of photographs featuring Taipei sex workers in this photo from August. Wang and some sex workers have been fighting to legalize prostitution after the Taipei City Government outlawed ``public brothels'' in 1997.Nov 03, 2005

PHOTO: PATRICK LIN, AFP