A Historic Moment: First Singapore Casino Opens
The Resorts World Sentosa casino welcomed its first visitors last Sunday at 12:18 p.m., an auspicious time and date that coincides with the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Singapore wants to transform itself into a tourist hub with more emphasis on service industry than manufacturing. Marina Bay Sands will open in the coming months and together, the casinos are expected to boost our GDP by up to 1% in future.
While there are certain measures put in place by the authories, like the $100 fee to dissuade Singaporeans from entering the casino (foreigners exempted) and a ban on anyone declared bankrupt, there are still social ills to consider.
Theft, money laundering, drugs, prostitution, etc will probably increase. Our core values like working hard and saving money for a rainy day may also be eroded if everybody thinks they can strike it rich at the casino and don't need to work liao.
Anyway, the opening day is a huge success for Resorts World Sentosa. The queue for everything from levy, food, drinks to playing jackpot/blackjack/roulette, etc. is super long.
Have you been to the Resorts World casino already?
1 comments:
Well have not been there but from all the reports and stuff seem like it is still quite a disappointment. I prefer MV Leisure World if we are talking abt casino. :)
SGBoleh
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