Both the IRs at Marina Bay Sands and Sentosa which were recently opened, has been gaining more and more attention from the public (Singaporeans, PRs, Malaysians and other nationalities) since their opening day. The number of people who enter the IRs has been growing rapidly from day to day.
From the article, it is mentioned that "housewifes from Johor are lured by "free" daily packages and neglecting their responsibilities". All these "free" daily packages should not be implemented so that fewer people would enter the IRs. Housewifes should not be gambling away their money unneccessarily as they do not even have a regular source of income. What's worse is that they put their other more important responsibilities aside for the sake of gambling. A lot of time would be wasted at the casino as well, so they may not have enough time to fufill their daily obligations when they they return home after gambling. Gambling is addictive so they won't be satisfied with just entering the IRs once. They will keep coming back to gamble. This is harmful because they may not have sufficient finance to support their gambling habits. As a result, they may begin asking their husbands, who are the sole bread winners of the family for money so that they could gamble more and recoup their losses. In a worse case scenario, they may turn to loan sharks to borrow money to support their gambling, as stated in the article "Some housewives would even secretly borrow from Ah Longs (loan sharks)... to hide their gambling activities". When their husbands find out about their wifes gambling habits, they may demand for a divorce as they are unable to continue to support their wifes gambling activities. This shows how gambling could easily break up families.
Both the IRs at Marina Bay Sands and Sentosa which were recently opened, has been gaining more and more attention from the public (Singaporeans, PRs, Malaysians and other nationalities) since their opening day. The number of people who enter the IRs has been growing rapidly from day to day.
From the article, it is mentioned that "housewifes from Johor are lured by "free" daily packages and neglecting their responsibilities". All these "free" daily packages should not be implemented so that fewer people would enter the IRs. Housewifes should not be gambling away their money unneccessarily as they do not even have a regular source of income. What's worse is that they put their other more important responsibilities aside for the sake of gambling. A lot of time would be wasted at the casino as well, so they may not have enough time to fufill their daily obligations when they they return home after gambling. Gambling is addictive so they won't be satisfied with just entering the IRs once. They will keep coming back to gamble. This is harmful because they may not have sufficient finance to support their gambling habits. As a result, they may begin asking their husbands, who are the sole bread winners of the family for money so that they could gamble more and recoup their losses. In a worse case scenario, they may turn to loan sharks to borrow money to support their gambling, as stated in the article "Some housewives would even secretly borrow from Ah Longs (loan sharks)... to hide their gambling activities". When their husbands find out about their wifes gambling habits, they may demand for a divorce as they are unable to continue to support their wifes gambling activities. This shows how gambling could easily break up families.
