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  • Online Gambling Just Another Revenue Generating Avenue For Government

    Online Gambling Just Another Revenue Generating Avenue For Government

    The SDP had opposed the PAP’s move to allow the construction of casinos in Singapore in 2005. The government’s rationale then was that there was money to be made off the gambling scene in Asia.

    Not every business venture should be pursued just because it makes money. There are moral and ethical considerations too.

    Gambling is a vice and its social ills are widely documented. Lives and families are destroyed because of addiction to gambling. Gambling also brings along other criminal activities such as money laundering, organised crime and sex trafficking.

    Just this year, for example, two people were engaged in gambling related crimes. A Singaporean was caught laundering nearly one million dollars in Australia in order to gamble. In a separate case, a UOB officer stole a total of $95,000 from the bank to pay for his gambling habit in Macau.

    For these complex and intertwining reasons, gambling – especially one facilitated by the state – should not be encouraged.

    Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-jin disingenuously argues that the PAP, by allowing state organisations such as Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club to conduct online betting, is not encouraging gambling.

    He says that the move will, instead, allow that government to monitor the “very real dangers” of virtual gambling. However, he doesn’t spell out how the authorities will overcome these dangers by legitimising gambling over the Internet.

    The truth is that with or without the state’s entry into the online world of gambling, those who seek to indulge in the gaming habit will find ways on the Internet to satisfy their desires. Providing additional and state-sanctioned gaming sites adds to, not minimises, the problem.

    One factor that is prompting the government to enter into the online gambling business is that it sees its revenue falling due to poor economic circumstances. By getting into the act, the government opens up another avenue for revenue collection.

    The problem is that gambling exploits the dreams and hopes of the poor who are most vulnerable to and who can least afford such activity.

    There are many ways to develop a sound and mature economy without resorting to this kind of exploitation. Instead of making money from Singaporeans placing online bets, the PAP should free up the political system and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. This will generate a productive economy and drive sound economic growth without adversely affecting our families.

    This latest measure is another step in a slow but certain descent into turning Singapore into a city without any values, and one ruled by a government with no ideas beyond exploiting the people.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Khutbah Solat Jumaat: Masyarakat Islam Digesa Jauhi Tabiat Menjudi

    Khutbah Solat Jumaat: Masyarakat Islam Digesa Jauhi Tabiat Menjudi

    Masyarakat Islam Singapura diberi peringatan supaya menjauhi tabiat suka berjudi dan kesan-kesan buruk daripada tabiat yang merugikan itu. Ia menjejas bukan sahaja individu yang terlibat secara langsung, malah anggota keluarga serta masyarakat secara amnya.

    Menerusi khutbah solat Jumaat bertajuk “Istaqamah Bertakwa Kepada Allah” yang disampaikan di masjid-masjid merata Singapura hari ini (14 Okt), masyarakat Islam diingatkan bahawa dengan kemudahan teknologi yang ada sekarang, semakin mudah untuk melakukan pelbagai perkara maksiat tanpa diketahui orang lain.

    Satu tinjauan oleh Touch Cyberwellness yang disentuh dalam khutbah solat Jumaat, mendapati bahawa sembilan daripada 10 remaja yang ditinjau menonton atau membaca bahan lucah melalui internet.

    Lebih membimbangkan lagi, lebih 70 peratus daripada mereka yang ditinjau pernah menonton kandungan sedemikian melalui telefon bijak mereka.

    Selain itu, timbul juga keprihatinan terhadap trend berjudi secara online, di mana masyarakat Islam juga digesa supaya mendidik anak-anak mereka tentang kesan-kesan negatif akibat tabiat yang merugikan itu dan kesannya terhadap kehidupan mereka dan keluarga.

    Khutbah solat Jumaat turut menukil dapatan tinjauan itu yang menunjukkan bahawa mereka yang menjadi tahi judi lazimnya bermula dengan berjudi secara sosial.

    Maka itu, masyarakat Islam perlu mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga seperti memastikan anggota keluarga mereka termasuk dalam senarai individu yang tidak dibenarkan menyertai sebarang kegiatan perjudian yang berlesen serta memantau lelaman yang dikunjungi, menurut khutbah solat Jumaat hari ini.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Exposed! Hougang Beggar Who Claims Mother Is Sick Uses Donations To Gamble

    Exposed! Hougang Beggar Who Claims Mother Is Sick Uses Donations To Gamble

    According to some eye witness reports, a poverty stricken auntie who is usually seen selling tissue packets to residents in Hougang while carrying a picture of her severely ill mother was discovered to be spending her money on a jackpot machine at a small community casino instead.

    The woman reportedly goes around the neighborhood, approaching passersby to tell her story about her sick mother in an attempt to prey on their sympathy. Unfortunately for her, on some nights, she was spotted entering and exiting a neighborhood casino.

    When eye witnesses entered the casino premises, they found her glued to a casino machine and spending her “hard-earned” money on a game of jackpot.

    One eye witness related, “Last month I bought 2 dollars worth of tissue packets from her. She showed me a picture of her mother on her phone. Her mother had suffered from a stroke and was confined to bed. She owed the hospital $2000 in bills and medications.”

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com