Curiosity, Thoughts and Whatever...

The day I heard about the news I was very happy. My hunch was right. Out of the 3 contender for the license the pressure was on Genting to produce result. The way I look at this is that Genting has to win. By all cost. Why ? Cause if it losses then it will have a major competitor right in front of its doorstep. By then all tourist, gambler (especially from mainland) and etc will be flying in to Changi like bees. Then Genting Highland will be reduce to just a small gambling den for locals.

Secondly, it has to win. Why ? Cause throughout its entire life in GH the sin tax has been raise many times by the government. In addition PAS and UMNO occasionally raise this gambling sin and non halal matter to fish for votes. Hoping that die hard Islamic fanatic would vote for it. All these are political. Therefore if it gets the casino license in Sentosa it has no worry to scale back its operation in GH and by all means close the gambling operation entirely. It has no more worry and therefore has some leverage and upper hand in its negotiatiate with the government.

Thirdly, Genting has the winning formula by teaming up with Star Cruise and Universal Studio. I mean if you want a fully integrated resort which company is the best beside Universal Studio or Disney. Since Disney is already in HK then Universal Studio was the better choice.

You do not need to be a genius to figure out the result. Any tom dick and harry would know.