Free Shuttle Services to Bankruptcy and Immorality - Anyone?
I remembered a Taiwanese variety show many years back, featuring the famous host: Zhang Xiao Yan. In the show, it was repeatedly mentioned that Chinese are the people who likes to gamble. This may be a generalization, but it is safe to say that Chinese may have higher tendencies to fall to gambling. The profit of Singapore Pools tells that Singaporeans like to gamble.
As I read today's newspaper, the headline was about the decision of the CRA (Casino Regulatory Authority) to stop the IR's shuttle service. The decision was made, because the free shuttle service were to carry in people from 19 different locations in Singapore into the IRs, where there are many activities going on apart from gambling.
Personally, I applaud this decision and the arguments made by MCYS minister, for taking such measures. Yes, I am anti-gambling, for I know what damage can gambling cause to the family.
Yet, I find it amused, that people are being angry over such decision and write articles to condemn such a decision.
1. An article in yesterday's today says that 60% of the people who took the shuttle do not end up in the Casino or the slot machine.
2. A reader write in to say that the workers in the IRs are having difficulty to go to the IRs without the shuttle service.
3. Another reader write, that gambling is prevailing in Singapore anyway, why do we need to do such, 'knee-jerk' response?
4. Other arguments say, that the shuttle service is to ease and prevent traffic congestion to the IRs.
While all these arguments are true, there are counter arguments that is equally true:
1. How about 40% of the heartlanders who end up at the slot machines and Casino? They are not minority
2. Working in IRs is a matter of choice, if I stay in Pasir Ris and have to work in Tuas, do I complain about needing shuttle service?
3. Gambling in a Casino is radically different from betting in Singapore Pools outlet. It is much faster for people to lose money. The first two days when RWS opened in Sentosa they got 40 million SGD.
4. While traffic congestion is a real issue, do we need to cause harm to others for the sake of our own little conveniences?
Have we become so egoistic that we only think about our own benefit, and forget about other members of the public who are weak to restrain themselves from going to gamble? Or is it just because no one in your family suffered from the problem of gambling that you are being ignorant about the little incentives that 'free-ride' to Casino may bring?
In Singapore's drama "Housewives' holiday" there are interesting and truthful depiction of the offshore gambling in Batam. Here is the scenario:
1. The housewife will go to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, to buy a return ticket to a Batam jetty.
2. These tickets come with a 'TRANSFER' pass, in the form of a rather large laminated paper.
3. When they arrived at Harbour Bay in Batam, they never go through the check point.
4. They cross over to another ferry using the 'TRANSFER' pass and they will be shipped to the gambling ship.
5. The gambling ship provides free food, drink and entertainments in the form of gambling.
6. When they finished gambling, they will board the same Ferry back to Harbor Bay
7. From Harbor Bay, they board another Ferry back to Singapore
8. Since these housewives are holding Singapore Passport, they will be no Chop in their passport to indicate that they ever exited Singapore
9. Since they never went in to Batam Check point, they will be no Chop indicating that they ever arrive in Batam
10. Entire Gambling Trip was hidden to their family
To provide free shuttle service to the IRs, with the Casinos inside, I would say provide the conveniences for our local housewives who have shorter time to escape out of their kitchen and household duties. They can say that they have a short visit to the hospital and end up in the Casino for a few hours of 'excitement'.
And do we see the seriousness and how bad the situation might get? it is there in the newspaper today also. A lady, after losing all her money in the Casino, are touting other visitor for Sex service of 200 dollars. This case surfaced and is being reported. What about those go unreported?
The Shuttle service termination IS the way to go for the greater good of the public, especially the weak and poor ones. If the authority do not step in here, there will be more who end up in bankruptcy by the end of the year due to the Casino. And who would be able to estimate the number of people who might end up in prostitution because of this vice?
So, free Shuttle Services to Bankruptcy and Immorality - Anyone?
As I read today's newspaper, the headline was about the decision of the CRA (Casino Regulatory Authority) to stop the IR's shuttle service. The decision was made, because the free shuttle service were to carry in people from 19 different locations in Singapore into the IRs, where there are many activities going on apart from gambling.
Personally, I applaud this decision and the arguments made by MCYS minister, for taking such measures. Yes, I am anti-gambling, for I know what damage can gambling cause to the family.
Yet, I find it amused, that people are being angry over such decision and write articles to condemn such a decision.
1. An article in yesterday's today says that 60% of the people who took the shuttle do not end up in the Casino or the slot machine.
2. A reader write in to say that the workers in the IRs are having difficulty to go to the IRs without the shuttle service.
3. Another reader write, that gambling is prevailing in Singapore anyway, why do we need to do such, 'knee-jerk' response?
4. Other arguments say, that the shuttle service is to ease and prevent traffic congestion to the IRs.
While all these arguments are true, there are counter arguments that is equally true:
1. How about 40% of the heartlanders who end up at the slot machines and Casino? They are not minority
2. Working in IRs is a matter of choice, if I stay in Pasir Ris and have to work in Tuas, do I complain about needing shuttle service?
3. Gambling in a Casino is radically different from betting in Singapore Pools outlet. It is much faster for people to lose money. The first two days when RWS opened in Sentosa they got 40 million SGD.
4. While traffic congestion is a real issue, do we need to cause harm to others for the sake of our own little conveniences?
Have we become so egoistic that we only think about our own benefit, and forget about other members of the public who are weak to restrain themselves from going to gamble? Or is it just because no one in your family suffered from the problem of gambling that you are being ignorant about the little incentives that 'free-ride' to Casino may bring?
In Singapore's drama "Housewives' holiday" there are interesting and truthful depiction of the offshore gambling in Batam. Here is the scenario:
1. The housewife will go to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, to buy a return ticket to a Batam jetty.
2. These tickets come with a 'TRANSFER' pass, in the form of a rather large laminated paper.
3. When they arrived at Harbour Bay in Batam, they never go through the check point.
4. They cross over to another ferry using the 'TRANSFER' pass and they will be shipped to the gambling ship.
5. The gambling ship provides free food, drink and entertainments in the form of gambling.
6. When they finished gambling, they will board the same Ferry back to Harbor Bay
7. From Harbor Bay, they board another Ferry back to Singapore
8. Since these housewives are holding Singapore Passport, they will be no Chop in their passport to indicate that they ever exited Singapore
9. Since they never went in to Batam Check point, they will be no Chop indicating that they ever arrive in Batam
10. Entire Gambling Trip was hidden to their family
To provide free shuttle service to the IRs, with the Casinos inside, I would say provide the conveniences for our local housewives who have shorter time to escape out of their kitchen and household duties. They can say that they have a short visit to the hospital and end up in the Casino for a few hours of 'excitement'.
And do we see the seriousness and how bad the situation might get? it is there in the newspaper today also. A lady, after losing all her money in the Casino, are touting other visitor for Sex service of 200 dollars. This case surfaced and is being reported. What about those go unreported?
The Shuttle service termination IS the way to go for the greater good of the public, especially the weak and poor ones. If the authority do not step in here, there will be more who end up in bankruptcy by the end of the year due to the Casino. And who would be able to estimate the number of people who might end up in prostitution because of this vice?
So, free Shuttle Services to Bankruptcy and Immorality - Anyone?
posted by Suhandy Yao Wei Xuan @ 8:19 am
1 Comments:
At 10:36 am ,
the_rabin said...
opposition to something should not go down to such labelling; it's not healthy to resort to such rethoric. we wouldn't call SBS Service 2, 62, 80 which passes geylang road as "services to immorality", would we? or label a prostitute a "devil"?
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