My Take on the Topic

Thank you all for your comments. I'm so glad to see that you are all formulating thoughts and opinions of your own. I feel confident about the next generation of people who will bring Singapore to greater heights.

The casino debate is a very emotional one. I don't think there has been as contentious an issue as this for a very long time. It's interesting that we are conciously bringing in something that we know will damage the social fabric in Singapore. The advocates say "Yes, we acknowledge that there will be more gambling addicts, but we will provide more avenues for counselling". Could we then stretch it further and allow people to carry guns in the name of personal security and then say "Yes, we know that there will be more people with gun wounds, but we will build more hospitals.". Okay, admittedly it's a bit of a stretch of the argument.

At the end of the day, it came down to a simple case of the perceived pros outweighing the perceived cons. More jobs, more revenue versus a couple more addicts and broken families. The Government seems to have counted the cost and decided upon the greater good over personal suffering. I don't know if Singapore is really at end of her resources. Like Agnestine, I wonder if there could be some other alternative. But like Onslaught, there must be some measure of faith in the Government that we have elected to power.

We can only pray that the Singapore people will not end up with the short end of the stick Maybe the only ones laughing at the end of the day will be the casino operators.