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Hong Kong Legislative Council Refuses to Consider Casino
The Hong Kong Legislative Council finalized meetings on November 22, 2006, refusing to consider construction of a proposed casino on Lantau Island. The proposal was pushed by Liberal Party leader, James Tien, but failed to sway the government who sided with the majority against the proposal.
Tien presented a motion before the Legislative Council that called on the Hong Kong government to undertake a feasibility study of constructing a casino on Lantau Island as a means of eliminating or reducing a goods and services tax as well as creating more jobs.
Hong Kong's Secretary of Home Affairs, Patrick Ho Chi-ping, announced that the government would not consider the proposal as it is counterproductive to their current efforts to regulate gambling and might send the wrong message.
Ho Chi-ping referred to a Chicago University which suggested that the establishment of casinos has a direct influence on the rise of gambling related problems in the surrounding area. He added that the government was not willing to sacrifice their moral values and risk an increase in gambling-related problems.
Tein presented the motion to the government as a means of reducing or eliminating the proposed GST in Hong Kong. He suggested that rather than tax individually, they should allow the casinos and place the majority of the tax on them in order to relieve the general population of the burden.
Wednesday, November 29 , 2006
Brian Letendre