Was there ever a doubt?

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Since the very first day the idea was mooted and the proposals requested for review, there was no doubt that Singapore WAS going to have a casino. When has the government ever announced something without confirmation? Frankly, I'm surprised why they didn't build the bloody casinos earlier. It'll probably have ease retrenchment rates and boosted economy from all the tax collected should the casinos have been set up 10 years prior. Seriously, casino/gambling tax is even better than cigarette and alcohol tax. Though there have been so many anti-smoking campaigns and the recent onslaught of disgusting pictures on the smoke packets, one might have thought that the government would have (in order to increase efficiency) to ban smoking outright instead of keep raising the tax and making the poor smokers in singapore pay so much for a decent pack of smokes. A talk with a taxi driver a year ago revealed that the amount of tax income from importing cigarettes and alcohol was insanely ludicrous. I'm pretty sure that casino/gambling tax would be so much better. Logically la.

Here's hoping that the new casinos would bring about less GST increase, more gov rebates, and generally less unemployment in Singapore. A word to the gambling addicts: At least you won't be wasting money in Genting and contributing to the Malaysian economy. Contribute to Singapore instead. Hiak hiak.

Crim!