Comments on: Debt-ridden man Ng Chee Kiang jumped to his death after killing his two children

By: NNCore

NNCore — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:28:54 +0000

Casino or not, if one intend to gamble, one can find all means of gambling legal or illegal in Singapore or nearby… having Casino has only allowed the gahment to derive $$$ from it to attach more foreign talents.
Also the how much jobs can it goes to Singaporeans, seeing the service industries standard of hiring, most probably the bulk of it will go to foreign talents.

By: fpc

fpc — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:10:51 +0000

//JanetNT

So, it takes a country with no illegal gambling to ban gambling?

Or it takes a country with no smoking to ban smoking even though smoking is bad for yourself and others?

You got a lot of nerve coming to this blog.

By: foor

foor — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:09 +0000

janetnt on Mon, 9th Nov 2009 12:35 am
“There is already many illegal, low class and high class casino, both on ships and even in town.”

huh ? There would always be certain illegal activities of this and that around. What does that mean, make it legal then as far as your rationale goes ? Like what they say, if you can’t beat them, join them.

“Did the IR create jobs? 5 of my friend are already in MBS and Resort world.”

So ? Of course, there will be some of your friends happening to work in this industry. Have you forgotten to ask yourself, why this industry if there some other better option ?

Or perhaps this is a better industry ?

But I guess you have even more friends who are working outside of MBS and Resort world.

By: ri_ir

ri_ir — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:13 +0000

Richard Kong on Mon, 9th Nov 2009 11:12 am
“Gambling in Singapore has been ongoing since the days immigrants landed.”

Same for prostitution which has the famous distintion of being called “the world’s oldest profession”. So are we going to borrow your good rationale and have the most modern whorehouse built on this island.

Ah yes, gambling in Singapore has been ongoing since the days immigrants landed. The strange thing is that the casinoes polished with such glossy terms known as IRs only get to be built now with all the ‘right’ reasons why it should be done, very much in contrast on why it should not have been done many many years ago.

By: Exposer

Exposer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:24 +0000

“They must then know whether smoking or gabling is good or bad for one’e wellbeing.”

then why didn’t the government know ? The government smoke the people indefinitely and gamble away nation’s wealth under Lee’s family. So did the government know ? Yes, they know but they say it is not their problem.

By: ri_ir

ri_ir — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:29:15 +0000

“Just like people are matured to read whatever. Vote whoever. They must then know whether smoking or gabling is good or bad for one’e wellbeing.

Right? Why blame our government? Absurd”

The same logic could also apply to the ownership of guns and the other heavier or lesser stuff deemed illegal currently.

For casinos, all the right marketing bells and whistles are delibrately ringing and whizzing loudly to tickle the weak human senses and yes of even matured people.

If gambling is good, why need excuses like having the need for NCPD and some proposed admission fee as a deterrent. And if gambling is bad, why have it in the first place.

Why blame the government ? Good question !!! Can you stop the government from going ahead with the IR project ?

The fact that casinos are being built is because it is able to generate revenue from the net loss of gamblers who are already being gamed with unfavourable odds the moment they step inside the doorway with the heady illusion of making a killing which means to win.

By: JanetNT

JanetNT — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:33:25 +0000

Brendan,

I not going to be brother by what u said. other reader can go decide their impression of me.

By: JanetNT

JanetNT — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:44 +0000

Sicktothebone, pls remain sick but don’t put words in to my mouth.

By: Rainnix

Rainnix — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:14:54 +0000

@fair and square
“We need to be sympathetic to the living; not just the dead or dying…”
True but to see that a father had to kill his off-springs then commit suicide due to his debt in this so called “affluent first world” country really pains my heart. Are Singaporeans choosing death as an easy way out? But the kids are innocent!

Hope that Singapore won’t ever pass euthanasia laws so that more Singaporeans will choose death over hardships in life.

By: fair and square

fair and square — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:38:02 +0000

@Rainnix
You made a valid point!
However,if if this is a case of gambling indebtedness,it does not mean that many other similar cases of suicides like those at the MRT is for the same reason.
There are many reasons for being in poverty or debt-ridden.
Gambling is just one such reasons.
A decent man may be out of job-not of his own fault- and went on to become an “ENTRPRENEUR” and lost all he had and more!
Another,may be poor and out of job and could not take the pressures of making ends meet….
We need to be sympathetic to the living;not just the dead or dying…