27 Aug 2010 SINGAPORE: Singapore’s skyline has changed yet again since the last Formula One race. This year, one of the newest icons at the fringe of the circuit, Marina Bay Sands (MBS), has come up with a series of F1-related packages to welcome race enthusiasts from Singapore and beyond. The Sands SkyPark, which is [...]
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Casino cheat loses appeal
27 Aug 2010, ST A VISITOR, who was jailed four months for trying to cheat a roulette dealer in the Marina Bay Sands casino and for lying to the police, failed to get his sentence reduced. But Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said on Thursday that Ashraf Zohaib, a Pakistani, should count himself lucky that [...]
Singapore company bans management from casinos
27/8/2010 SINGAPORE: A Singapore company has banned its management from the country’s two new casinos following reports a local businessman lost a fortune at the gaming tables, its founder said Friday. Mohamed Salleh, chief executive officer of retail and property firm Second Chance, said he had applied for casino exclusion orders for himself and six [...]
Casino cash may inject US$1.5 billion into Singapore annually-DBS
Reuters – Friday, August 27 SINGAPORE, Aug 26 – Revenues from two new casino-resorts could contribute as much as S$2 billion ($1.47 billion) annually to Singapore’s economy, which is expected by the government to grow by up to 15 percent this year, DBS Bank said on Thursday. The two resorts have already contributed S$470 million [...]
Tiffany sparkles at Marina Bay Sands
Fri, Aug 20, 2010 Diva It’s inevitable that when one mentions “Tiffany”, the iconic Tiffany Blue Box comes to mind. This is exactly what inspired the newly opened Tiffany & Co. store at The Shoppes in Marina Bay Sands to add subtle touches of blue throughout its entire design. Reminiscent of the New York flagship [...]
Jay Chou lost $2 mil at Marina Bay Sands Casino in 2 days
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 The Star/Asia News Network Singapore – TAIWANESE pop star Jay Chou lost nearly S$2 million at a casino in Singapore, Nanyang Siang Pau reported. The superstar had visited the Marina Bay Sands Casino during his concert tour in the island republic last month. He gambled off between S$100,000 and S$200,000 per [...]
A RICH Singaporean man who lost S$26mil gambling is head of seafood business
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 AsiaOne A RICH Singaporean man, who lost S$26mil in a three-day gambling spree at the casino in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), helms one of Singapore’s biggest seafood distributors. Mr Henry Quek plans to sue a world-renowned casino for loaning him a huge sum of money to gamble without first checking his [...]
Genting S’pore gets a billion reasons to smile
13 Aug 2010 The numbers are startling and the contrast with last year even more so. Genting Singapore (GENS) has raked in almost S$1 billion in revenue for the second quarter with net profit coming in at close to S$400 million. For the quarter ended June 30 – the first full quarter with Resorts World [...]
Overstayer nabbed at casino
11 Aug 2010, ST HIS work permit was cancelled on Jan 31, 2007 but Liu Xian Hua went on to stay here illegally for more than three years. But the 33-year-old Chinese national pushed his luck by trying to enter the Marina Bay Sands casino on Saturday with someone else’s work permit. He was found [...]
