Contents  6                      Author’s Note  7                      Introduction  13                   Chapter 1 – The Aspiration to Remake Singapore                           Attracting the world‘s wealth and attention                           A global financial centre                           Recessionary conditions provide a testing time                           Focusing on the big picture  41                   Chapter 2 – Arguments For and Against the Integrated Resorts                           A mix of considerations                           Distance and time constitute deterrence                          Young Singaporeans‘ get-rich-quick mentality  74                   Chapter 3 – Those Prone to Gambling and the Issue of Criminality                           Some potential consequences                           Kinds of potential impact on individuals and families  96                   Chapter 4 – You have professional Gamblers, and then you have the Rest                           Difficult come, easy go                           Success in gambling is also partly determined by the environment                           Gambling and the intellect  107                 Chapter 5 – The Potential for the Resorts Achieving their Objective                           Disaggregating the resorts                           The race to open first and its rationale                           Monaco of the East?  141                 Chapter 6 – Between Nation-state and Economic Entity                           The brain drain                           The influx of “foreign talent”  171                  Endnotes  185                  Index

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