Hawker gambler glamorised by media

From ‘Media hype over MBS winner glamorises gambling’, 12 Nov 2011, Voices, Today (Sebastian Tan Gee How): …While I am happy that Ms Choo Hong Eng will get her S$416,742.11 winnings from Marina Bay Sands, and even happier that she has decided to donate half to charity, I am worried that too much hype and [...]

Locals visiting casinos is just an urban legend

From ‘IRs here have not created more gambling addicts:CRA’, 30 July 2011, article by Ng Jung Yng in Today The presence of the Integrated Resorts (IRs) here has not caused a spike in the number of gambling addicts, said Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) chairman Richard Magnus yesterday, citing a study done by the Institute of [...]

MBS needs its 30% local gamblers

From ‘MBS does a balancing act with local gamblers’, 11 June 2011, article by Grace Leong, Business Times The Singapore government has told Las Vegas Sands to ensure that not more than 30 per cent of all visitors to its casino at Marina Bay Sands are Singaporean, a top company executive revealed. ‘We are basically [...]

MBS becoming Singapore’s national icon

From’ Do we really want a casino as our icon?’ 20 April 2011, Voices, Today (Tong Jee Cheng): IT is disappointing that the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort is fast becoming an iconic representation of Singapore. We see it in the background in local television dramas, we see it in tourist leaflets. It seems to [...]

Kampong not Glam

From ‘A broader solution’, 1 Oct 2010, Voices, Today online (Ivy Singh-Lim:) …In my opinion, the gambling problem is caused largely by an incomplete upbringing that leads to boredom and the desire for cheap thrills. …A large number of children and youth these days will cite their hobbies as playing computer games, sleeping, going to [...]

Pass course before entering casino

From ‘Give young people lessons in perils of gambling’, 1 Sept 2010, ST Forum (Dr Harry Koh): …I disagree with Mr Tan (Kin Lian)’s suggestion to remove the levy of $100. Casino levy is an excellent way to control the crowd and allow only serious gamblers to enter. We do not want non-gamblers to enter [...]

Construction Bay

From ‘Long list of guest complaints’ 6 May 2010, article in ST Prime news (Axel Reeg, lawyer): ‘The conference has been world class. The venue (Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre) was presented to us as going to be world class. Sadly, it is not world class…I think we should rename Marina Bay Sands [...]

Casino exclusion rules

From ‘Six-week wait for exclusion is too long’ 11 April 2010 Article in Sunday Times (Wife of husband who gambled away $19K life savings at RWS Casino): “Six weeks is too long a wait. A lot more money can in lost in six weeks and I don’t even know how we’re going to earn back [...]

Sex bombed

From ‘Tom Jones’ concert cancelled ten minutes in’ 26 March 2010 Asiaone news Ten minutesĀ into the concert, which was held at Resorts World Sentosa, Tom Jones shocked the crowd by announcing that he’d have to postpone the concert as he had a bad sore throat and was unwell. He had sung two songs. (Stella Lee) [...]

Casino toilet unlucky

From “So hard to find toilet at Resorts World” posted 24 March 2010 inĀ  Stomp website (Stomp reader) Looking for a toilet at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was like searching for a needle in a haystack. Since our RWS casino is reputed to be world class, there should be toilets on every level and not [...]

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