Right now, I just can't help but think...... had there been a
referendum on the casino decision several years ago, it probably
would have been a resounding 'NO'.
I don't deny the benefits of the casinos in terms of cold hard
dollars and cents.... we're talking about pretty large foreign
direct investment, local employment and tourist dollars.....
But the paint on the Sentosa casino has barely dried, and we
already have one nincompoop who turned to crime after losing all
his money at the gambling tables.... tsk tsk....
If this is of any indication, expect crime rates and the number
of dysfunctional broken families to rise...... the powers-that-be
are deluding themselves if they seriously think that a $100/day
entrance fee for locals would compensate for all the negative
externalities....
it's like I'm being told by LTA, ERP is effective to control cars
as people want to own cars due to affleuence.
So affluence makes the right to jam up the road? If ppl are
affluent, then improve public tpt with more mode/ choices of diff
services instead.
