Name: Sun Jiangbin
Article title: Singapore Rolls the Dice
Source of article: Straits Times (http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_490510.html)
Name of writer: AFP
Date of article: Feb 15, 2010
Summary:
Singapore’s first casino opened on Sunday, the first day of the Year of Tiger. The opening followed by the Southeast Asia’s first Universal Studio is a milestone for Resorts World Sentosa. The second casino is going to be completed within months, and the casinos will help Singapore’s tourism and generate more than $21 billion by 2015.
Reflection:
For the opening, I cannot think of a better time other than the Chinese New Year. During the CNY, all Chinese people are in very high mood and they all have free time to enjoy the challenging and excitement of the casino. So the opening period will be very successful. In long term, the casinos and Universal Studio will be the new symbol for Singapore, which will attract millions of tourists and raise the employment rate of Singapore. The entertainment industry is also going to contribute to the growth of transportation and hotel industries. However, the casinos will certainly have some effect on Singapore’s international image. Singapore is a country, but not a city like Macau or Las Vegas. It cannot be a totally dice city, so how the casinos is going to influence Singapore is really a problem.
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Comment from Irene:
ReplyDeleteCasino is a quite hot topic in Singapore nowadays. But from my point of view, I disagree to open casino in Singapore. It does not mean that I against gambling. In my opinion, gambling should only be forbidden for minors. Adults have the abilities and rights to decide their behaviour. I just feel that Singapore is not suitable for casinos. It may damage the international image of Singapore. In my eyes, Singapore is an country with beautiful environment. It is not only the trees and streets, but also the culture and general mood of society. I believe this is why people like Singapore and treat it as a good place for living. However, casino may damage it. Though casino can promote the development of tourism of Singapore in a short time, it influences the public impression on Singapore. It makes foreigners feel that Singapore is also ordinary and the laws Singaporeans insist on for years seem to be not so important in front of the interests. Moreover, the management of casino is also quite difficult to Singapore government because of the different standard in rules to locals and foreigners in casino.