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I refer to Ms. Tan Jiaqi’ letter ‘Taxpayers should not fund the policing of casinos’ which comments on this Thursday’s article ‘Special training for casino squad’. I can not quite agree with the author’s point of view. According to Ms. Tan, the police unit against casino should not be set up and funded by taxpayers because the beneficiaries will be casino operators but not common citizens. Furthermore, she suggested that casinos should train their own investigators to detect fraudulent gambling.
I want to give my objections here. First of all, it is a bit too narrow to think that casino operators will be the only beneficiaries of the launching of the police unit against casino crime. Mr. Ng Joo Hee, the person who launched the unit, said: 'Singapore's casinos must be a safe place for all those who work and play there.’ (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100128/tap-singapore-gaming-casino-crime-06f3cb7.html) The citizens of Singapore will be definitely included in the people who work and play in casinos so that they will certainly benefit from the security of the casino areas. In addition, the police unit will contribute to protecting citizens and the society from being affected by casino related crime. Besides, the suggestion of managing the crime investigation by the people from casino is not that practical. Casino crime like fraud is too severe to be dealt with by the casinos themselves. Only the police have the power and force to castigate crime according to the law. Last but not least, the government hopes the casinos will attract more visitors, thus boost the economy of Singapore. If this goal is accomplished, the citizens of Singapore would achieve big advantages. However, if the safety of casino areas cannot be ensured, the appeal of casinos would suffer as well as the economy then. Therefore, in my opinion, the launch of the police unit against casino is essential, and it is also rational that the launch is funded by taxpayers.
PS: Last week, I commented on Hawk's and Harry's reflections.
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I happened to read the same article the other day. Although much of my opposition is quite similar and I can`t agree with you more;however, I still insist my view which is that taxpayers should not fund the policing of casinos.
回复删除There are too many "Taxpayers" in Singapore. Some of them may not even bother to concern anything about casinos. Despite the fact that the prosperity may bring positive incentives to the economy in Singapore, and hence improve the quality of life of citizens, after all this is the long-term effect, which means that taxpayers may not get much in actual substance. Besides, for the casino operators, their revenue per day can be counted in thousands at least. It doesn`t cost them much to fund the investigation against crimes in casinos. Or maybe the government can collect more taxes from casinos and put them to good use, especially the policing of casinos~~~