hi, pardon me if I am wrong, but to affirm ->
1) Are you saying that the bus operators/resort did not get the
necessary approvals?
2) are you saying that the govt act upon the feedbacks of
unhappy residents?
to share, the original contract is for the bus operators to
provide transportations from the heartland to the
IR (note, IR, not casino). Isn't the casino
5-10% of the IR so why then does this constitutes to the buses
contributing to gambling problem?
secondly, the bus operators took 1 month, or 30
days to get the necessary approvals from the necessary authorities.
Do you know that?
thirdly, when the authorities approves this, surely, in their
high powered minds, they must know the balance or pros/cons of
this, but did they consider? why the swift cut, why the sudden
non-negotiation?
next, the authorities is trying to encourage SMB to "stand up"
but with a swift stroke, they are killing these businesses. So what
message are they sending out? As long as people complain, we close
you down??!!
Can I open a shop, run it for 3 months (not
3days), with proper permit, and someone make a feedback,
which is of no fault of mine, and I have to close everything? What
happens to the investments I made?
From what i read on the news, yes, the govt either do not know or
have initially turn a blind eyes to these free shuttle run, and i
am quite certain that they are not informed. It is a make shift
shuttle run that pick up the regulars on their best know spot, just
like any other company buses picking up workers to work.
As time went on, from ears to ears, more and more people started
to come to know about it, aunties and uncles start plying the buses
to casinos thru peers gathering, and this worried their family,
sons and daughters who started to question the government, and even
in some other forums, there were feedback on these buses, which the
netizens find is weird about the real objectives of the casinos,
which is to serves and influence the rich, the tourist and the
foreigner, but not to influence the heartlanders. Of course anyone
(above 21yo) can gamble at the casinos, but the influence by
promotiing free shuttle bus services at laymen towns is out of the
objectives set.
