Election coming - suddenly many MPs curse Casino

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Casinos won't be allowed to target locals
By Teo Wan Gek

THREE Members of Parliament yesterday pressed the Government to reassess the measures in place to minimise the social ills due to casino gambling.

Mr Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC), Mr Chan Soo Sen (Joo Chiat) and Dr Ong Seh Hong (Marine Parade GRC) related stories of people who were dealt a bad hand by Lady Luck at the casinos, and the subsequent suffering of these individuals and their families.

Mr Chan said taxi drivers have told him about picking up customers who have lost their entire life savings.He wondered if these tales were only the 'tip of the iceberg'.

Said Mr Seah: 'They (gamblers) know the odds, better than most. They know the outcomes, they would have seen their circle of friends go the same way. They know, and yet the flesh is weak.'

Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan said in response that he is monitoring the situation very closely by the month, and 'if need be, will strengthen the measures'.

Existing measures include a ban on minors, entry levies, casino exclusions, disallowing gambling on credit and having strict advertising and promotion rules.

His ministry will not hesitate to come down hard on the casino operators should they target the domestic market, be it with shuttle bus services, casino promotions during the Hungry Ghost Festival, or publicising winners on their websites, he added.

'We must not normalise gambling in Singapore, we must not make it fashionable, not make it a badge of honour. We should continue to assign it as the vice that it is,' he said.

He added: 'It's a human weakness, it's not a means of getting a living.'

 

[saratogas]

Strangely these MPs & Ministers didn't curse and swear when they collect their $$$, part of their salary - Sinkapore's growth comes from the two IRs!

 

[Cestbon]

Why so many blame and attack Casino?
Did the casino force them to gambler. Solve the personal gambling probem not the casino.

 

[saf_ranger]

they know that they going to lost thier seat. so ACT ACt for show.

 

[cass888]

they know that they going to lost thier seat. so ACT ACt for show.

To quote Ling How Doong: DON'T TALK COCK.

Casinos are not evil. In fact they will be the very things that will finally allow GST to drop.

 

[hairylee]

KNN he got he info from Taxi Drivers!
So what taxi drivers say about these MIWs are true then.

 

[po2wq]

... Mr Chan said taxi drivers have told him about picking up customers who have lost their entire life savings ...

taxi drivers din tel him joo chiat rd now no biz 4 taxis liao meh? ...

 

[cleareyes]

Casinos won't be allowed to target locals
By Teo Wan Gek

THREE Members of Parliament yesterday pressed the Government to reassess the measures in place to minimise the social ills due to casino gambling.

Mr Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC), Mr Chan Soo Sen (Joo Chiat) and Dr Ong Seh Hong (Marine Parade GRC) related stories of people who were dealt a bad hand by Lady Luck at the casinos, and the subsequent suffering of these individuals and their families.

Mr Chan said taxi drivers have told him about picking up customers who have lost their entire life savings.He wondered if these tales were only the 'tip of the iceberg'.

Said Mr Seah: 'They (gamblers) know the odds, better than most. They know the outcomes, they would have seen their circle of friends go the same way. They know, and yet the flesh is weak.'

Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan said in response that he is monitoring the situation very closely by the month, and 'if need be, will strengthen the measures'.

Existing measures include a ban on minors, entry levies, casino exclusions, disallowing gambling on credit and having strict advertising and promotion rules.

His ministry will not hesitate to come down hard on the casino operators should they target the domestic market, be it with shuttle bus services, casino promotions during the Hungry Ghost Festival, or publicising winners on their websites, he added.

'We must not normalise gambling in Singapore, we must not make it fashionable, not make it a badge of honour. We should continue to assign it as the vice that it is,' he said.

He added: 'It's a human weakness, it's not a means of getting a living.'

Many Singaporeans are aleready having the feel of a 2nd class citizenship because of the casino and now these PAP mps come up with this sortof crap?

Its really getting unnerving.