SINGAPORE, 28 Feb (The New Paper): WHENEVER local pop star Stefanie Sun holds her solo concerts, be it here or overseas, it is always a full-house audience that greets her. Last year in May, for example, her star power packed Taipei’s premier gig venue Taipei Arena, which has a capacity of 15,000, to the brim. Two [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
S’pore-style poker at Sands
SINGAPORE, 26 Feb (Electric New Paper): Marina Bay Sands will be introducing a new card game – Singapore Stud Poker – but its chief executive officer Thomas Arasi is keeping mum on the details. MBS said it has not received the casino license from the Casino Regulatory Authority yet. But if everything goes according to [...]
Las Vegas Sands plans to renegotiate U.S debts
Reuters, 26 February 2010 LAS Vegas Sands, which will open its US$5.5 billion (S$7.7 billion) Singapore casino resort in late April, plans to renegotiate its US$5 billion debt in the United States by the end of this year, the company’s chief operating officer said on Wednesday. ‘We want to go to our US lender group [...]
All dealers at second casino are S’poreans or PRs
SINGAPORE, 26 Feb (my paper): DESPITE earlier difficulties getting Singaporeans to fill casino positions, integrated resort Marina Bay Sands has managed to recruit only Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) for its dealer positions so far – all 1,800 of them. Its president and chief executive, Mr Thomas Arasi, said yesterday: “There was just a lot [...]
Universal Studios Singapore CNY Preview 15th Feb 2010 – Pt 2
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Universal Studios Singapore CNY Preview 15th Feb 2010 – Pt 1
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Marina Bay Sands gears up for April 27 opening with final hiring burst
SINGAPORE, 25 Feb (Channel NewsAsia): Marina Bay Sands has launched its final burst of hiring before it opens on April 27. Singapore’s second Integrated Resort (IR) aims to bring in some 5,000 people in various positions over the next 60 days. Already, there are 3,600 casino staff on board and in just the last 48 [...]
Universal Studios Singapore: Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure
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SINGAPORE CASINO TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS
SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Bernama) — Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) has agreed to implement several social safeguards to mitigate the adverse effects of problem gambling at its newly-opened casino. RWS would provide an on-site counselling service so that patrons who might need information and referral for gambling problems could find help on hand. This was [...]
53-year-old man in court in S’pore’s first casino-related crime case
SINGAPORE, 24 Feb (Channel NewsAsia): A 53-year-old man has the dubious honour of being the first person to be hauled to court for an alleged gambling offence in a casino here. Loo Siew Wan is accused of attempting to cheat by impersonation, theft and giving false information to the police. He allegedly tried to hoodwink [...]
