Integrated Resorts- How far do you agree with PM Lee’s decision? Propose a solution to any 2 social repercussions encountered.
Integrated resorts have been a hotly debated topic not only among the parliament but also within the citizens all around Singapore. It is definitely ironic to make the decision of building an IR (especially the Casino) in Singapore, as when the national gambling comittee is down to their work, putting up posters and advertisments to one again remind the citizens not to gamble, however the government is "promoting" gambling activities by building one giagantic casino in the heart of the city. hence I totally disgaree with mr Lee's idea of building the IR. Although he stated in his argements that the detriments is outweighed by the benifits, it is totally crap as he have never considered the consequences of the social impact as economical impacts are the only visible impact as of now. he said that the problem will be solved by spending more effort on non-gambling advered and putting in an entry fee of $100. However, I would like to question, is a mere $100 or membership enough to stop those people from moving towards that "gambling den"?
Hence I would like to propose two solutions to counter this problem.
Firstly, if such an IR is insisted and assured that most of the players will be foreigners, I suggest that we ban entries of Singaporean Gamblers, putting up a gallery for Singaporeans to view and observe but not to play. Not only will it be able to stop Singaporeans vfrom gambling, it also serves as a deterence for the citizens by looking agt their devestated and tattered look when gambling, hence its a win-win solution.
Secondly, we can also totally demolish the idea of building an IR (casino). As the social impacts are so large, it will cause tremendous effect on the economy as with such a spot to gamble locally, people will be dead horrible gamblers, hence the idea should be just scraped and ignore everything.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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