Saturday, July 12, 2008

Week 7 Practical

Wiki Entry

Topic: Impact of Integrated Resort towards Singapore economy
DONE BY: LESLIE SEE WEN JIN

Introduction
Integrated Resort, a project by the government that has brought about much controversy. There have been people arguing from both sides of the coin as of why a IR should or should not be set up. Particularly from religious communities who felt that the IR which includes a casino would bring about negative social impact of gambling. Nonetheless, the final decision has been made and the IR is set to be completed by 2009 by Las Vegas Sands. The IR’s casino would also be its very first in Singapore.

Why the need to set up a IR?
The question that ponders people’s mind would be why set up a IR all of a sudden? The main reason why the government wants to set up a IR is to promote tourism in Singapore. The government hopes that with the introduction of the IR, it would attract a large number of foreign tourists to Singapore to boost Singapore’s economy. Moreover it would also create jobs in the service sector and result in huge spin-offs for tourism-related sectors of the economy. And this will benefit Singapore in the longer term. The large amount of new attractions that the IR can bring is expected to draw many tourist over to Singapore thus increasing tourism in Singapore.

Resources Used:
johnlo.(2008,Febuaury 27). Resort Worlds; IR @ Sentosa.Forum discussion initiation.
Message posted to
http://www.myhometown.sg/Forum/tabid/84/view/topic/postid/2566/
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Summary of resource
As of now the IR project is still in its developmental stage and is set to be completed by late 2009.Despite all the criticisms and objections to the IR, many believe that the IR would ultimately solve the tourism problem in Singapore. There is much to be expected of the IR, including high class beach resorts and hotels, various entertainment centers as well as the casino. The IR is expected to attract 10 million visitors and bring in 15 billion tourism receipts by 2015. In conclusion although some groups believe the IR would bring about negative social problems such as gambling, however the government has responded by introducing schemes which forbid low income groups to enter these casinos and tight security is guarantee to ensure safety in the IR. Hence I give my firm support to the introduction of IR as it would benefit the country’s economy greatly and what’s more we Singaporeans now have another leisure area to go to.

Evaluation
The source used is very detail as it provides a lot of valuable information of the IR. The website is actually a forum which allows individuals to share their views and thoughts of the IR. The particular member johnlo who post on the thread provides detail and relevant information of the IR.

He also includes pictures to support his sources. The pictures provide are also accurate as they have been extracted from Resort World at Sentosa: http://www.rwsentosa.com/. This is a organizational website hence the information is therefore accurate and reliable and it is frequently updated. The facts and figures provided are also valuable and up to date.

Overall, the website forum allows me to get a huge amount of information with realibilty and credibility from organizational websites.The different perspectives that i can get from different people about the topic also allows me to get a better idea of how the Ir would affect Singapore.