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Singapore Fights Image as Tax Haven By REUTERS Published: October 15, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/business...r=1&emc=tnt SINGAPORE

What's wrong with MBS? Why don't they just pay the lady, instead of attracting all this negative publicity? Woman fights casino over $416,000 jackpot win MBS claims glitch in machine, offers her $50,000 and car instead By Tham Yuen-C & Ng Kai Ling IT WAS the first time Ms Choo Hong Eng was playing the slot machines at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino on Tuesday, and another casino patron had to show her the ropes. But less than half an hour and $50 later, the machine seemed to get stuck. When she turned to her kind fellow gamer for help again, he stared with disbelief at the numbers flickering on her screen: '$416,742.11' and above it 'Cash Bonus'. A crowd of gamers and casino staff gathered and started congratulating her. But moments later, a casino manager showed up to tell her that the machine had a glitch, and that she had instead won $50,000 and a sports car worth $258,962, which she could sell back to the casino for cash. Ms Choo, 58, who runs a vegetarian food stall in a coffee shop in Geylang Avenue 1, told The Straits Times last night in Mandarin: 'The other patrons told me not to be taken in. They said there was no indication anywhere that I had won only $50,000 and a car.' So the determined woman is standing her ground for the $416,742.11 in winnings she says is rightfully hers. The Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) is now in the picture, investigating the matter. Ms Choo had filed a complaint with it after her discussions with MBS were deadlocked. On her side, Ms Choo has casino patrons who were there with her at 6am, offering to be her witnesses. One of them, Mr Moo Ngow Chai, a 63-year-old Malaysian, said in Mandarin in a telephone interview yesterday: 'I saw what happened and thought it was very unfair of the casino to deny her the winnings. 'The jackpot machine clearly displayed the words 'Cash Bonus'. There were no pictures of a car at all.' Ms Choo said a few elderly women around at the time rallied around her, 'guarding' the machine to ensure that the casino staff did not turn it off, since they were not allowed to take photographs as evidence. Mr David Green, who helped draft Singapore's casino regulations and is a Macau-based gaming consultant, said such disputes are rare in the industry, as gaming machines are put through stringent checks before going into use. In Singapore, machines from only CRA-approved manufacturers are used. A CRA spokesman confirmed that before the machines are deployed, they are tested by qualified independent test laboratories to ensure that they meet all CRA requirements. Mr Green, noting that slot machines can save the data of the last 10 plays, said: 'Inspectors should be able to track easily what went wrong and determine whether it is a problem with the machine or that a player is trying to cheat,' he said. Investigations should not take more than a month, he said. He explained that machines usually carry warning labels declaring that plays are void if the machine malfunctions, so legally, casinos are not bound to make a payout. 'But this is usually not the case. Casinos will often offer some form of payout. It is not in their interest to get into disputes with their customers,' he said. Yesterday, Ms Choo told The Straits Times that MBS has not given her an indication of how long it will take to resolve the matter. 'They said only that they need to investigate,' she said. To make sure her dispute was logged, she had wanted to make a police report upon leaving the casino, but was told to go to the CRA instead. She made a police report yesterday anyway. She said: 'It's a matter of principle. I wouldn't take a single cent more from them, but I wouldn't accept a single cent less either.' MBS, when contacted, declined comment, citing ongoing investigations. Once the CRA makes its decision, however, the party who has to pay must do so in 15 days. Meanwhile, all Ms Choo can do is wait. Last night, at her vegetarian food stall, friends and patrons who had heard about what happened patted her on the back and told her to fight on. The boss of a bakery next to the coffee shop even baked her a cake with a '7 7 7' on it, depicting a jackpot win. Ms Choo said she is not bothered about those who think she is being greedy, because she was planning to do some charitable work with the money. Saying a casino should be fair to its patrons, she said: 'Even though I'm illiterate in English, I can tell the difference between 'cash' and 'car'. One has four letters and the other has three.'

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Fight video STOMPer AC is worried about the increasing incidents of road rage in Singapore, especially after witnessing the fight that broke out between these men at Bishan Junction 8. The STOMPer recounted: "The incident involved the driver of the car and a motorcycle rider, both of whom were parked illegally along the road between Bishan Junction 8 shopping mall and the multi-storey car park. "The motorcycle was parked right in front of the car and left little clearance space for the car to turn out. "The motorcyclist was on his phone while the car driver waited in the car with his spouse, wanting to move out. "The driver honked at the motorcyclist a few times and the motorcyclist became irritated. He shouted at the driver with vulgarities and gestured with his hand at the same time. "After the driver finally managed to move his car out of the parking area, he also showed his frustration by gesturing at the motorcyclist." The biker ran after the car to confront the driver. Both men came to blows when the driver got out of his car. Concerned that motorists here are getting more and more short-tempered, the STOMPer asked: "What can we do to avoid situations such as this from happening? "Who stands to gain at the end of the day? "How would we behave, if we were caught in the same situation?"

Read in The New Paper and reported : Youths stage fight to Rob passer-by.......... Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be curious. Five robbery victims learnt this the hard way when they were assulted by about 20 robbers in Johor Baru at 3am on Sunday. The 20 or so youths oretended to quarrel in a carpark in the city's Duty Free Zone, the biggest duty-free complex in Malaysia. Their motive: getting victims curious enough to stop. When the victims walked over to find out what happen, the suspects turned on them. They were beaten for just 30 seconds, but that was enough for the robbers to get away with the victims valuables. Lucky no Singaporean was robbed this time. Hope those travelling to Johore, beware of incidents like this one. I think this is the biggest group of robbers committing the offence at the same time........

Computer company APPLE is making phones. Now phone company NOKIA fights back by launching a laptop... http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/nokia-i...3g-mini-laptop/

http://www.asiaone.com/News/The%2BNew%2BPa...0421-60850.html I was punched for driving too slowly A RETIREE was apparently attacked for driving too slowly, despite signalling to a driver honking him from behind to overtake him. Mr Fong Kee San, 77, alleged that as soon the driver overtook him, he stopped in front of his car. And when Mr Fong got out, he bashed him with what looked like brass knuckles. The assault last July left him with facial injuries, Mr Fong said. He received a letter from the police last month saying that the other driver had been issued with a stern warning. Recalling the incident, which happened at 5.45pm, he said in Mandarin: 'I had driven out of Farrer Court when the car behind began honking repeatedly. 'After he overtook me, he got out of his car to confront me, asking in English: 'Why you drive so slow?' Before I could say anything, he punched me in the face.' Mr Fong, who drives a Nissan Sunny, claims he fell to the ground and when he got up, the driver, who was in his 50s, bashed him again. He said: 'My face was bleeding. I told the driver I'd call the police and dialled 999 on my handphone. He had the cheek to say: 'So what?' 'The cops arrived and took our statements. They also called for an ambulance to take me to National University Hospital. 'I was so dazed I didn't realise I was bleeding until one officer handed me a tissue. I thought the driver was wearing brass knuckles but I couldn't confirm it as my vision was blurred.' He was discharged at 1am the next day and taken back by one of his sons to his four-room Queen's Road flat. His wife, Madam Tan Eng Lian, 75, who walks with a walking stick, said: 'I was shocked when he told me what happened. But I didn't go to the hospital as I have difficulty walking.' Police spokesman Stanley Norbert confirmed that the police issued a stern warning to the other driver after consulting the Attorney-General's Chambers. Veteran criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan said: 'Warnings are recorded in the police book, so the next time the culprit re-offends, he'll be prosecuted. 'But for a road rage culprit to be let off with a warning, there could be strong mitigating factors because it has been public policy to prosecute such criminals.' Lawyer Amolat Singh said: 'Since nobody saw what happened, it's a case of one man's word against the other.'

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