Monday, April 18, 2005
of cos, the answer is "Yes"
"Yes" to what?
Building casinos! The decision was made on 3pm today. But judging from the "pssitive notes" mentioned in the news for the past few days
(such as 100000 more jobs will be created if govt agreed to build casino), I sorta guessed that the answer is "yes".
Perhaps I should have bet with my friends before the "results" were annnounced at pm today. Haha!
But what surprised me was the decision to build
TWO casinos.
Arhh, I wonder what will happen to our safe Singapore.
What if one day i walked along Sentosa, and saw a group of men in suits.
*Picturing the scenes from "Infernal Affairs". *Nah! Guess dai gor gai and his traid members won't be as handsome as Andy Lau or Tony Leong. Hahhaha.
Ok ok. I've gone overboard.
On a serious note, here's the news abstract I've gotten from Channel News Asia.
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Time is GMT + 8 hoursPosted: 18 April 2005 1519 hrs
Singapore says 'yes' to two integrated resorts with casinos By Debra Soon, Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said Singapore will go ahead with plans for two integrated resorts with casinos.
One will be built at Marina Bayfront, and the other at Sentosa.
Speaking in Parliament, Mr Lee said that when the idea was first mooted, he was personally against one.
But the environment has changed, particularly in the tourism industry.
While Singapore's tourism numbers have been increasing, market share has been falling.
He said realising the ideas to make Singapore a place that has 'buzz' is not so easy and that Singapore cannot stand still.
Singapore cannot afford to lose out in the tourism game as many jobs are at stake, even Singapore's position as an airhub.
Many cities around the world are reinventing themselves, including New York, London and Paris and Singapore cannot to stay still, he said.
The third point he wanted to make was that the casinos will be in integrated resorts, and a small but essential part of the project which makes it feasible.
And because of this, there is no need to have government grants for the resorts, he said. - CNA /ct
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