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Singapore plays long game on IR tax

Other countries, including Japan, have duplicated the Republic's integrated resorts model - except in tax. Their taxes are much higher, even with recent moves here to raise rates. Will Singapore's $9 billion bet on better tourist facilities to boost its coffers pay off?

Daniel Cheng For The Straits Times

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Aug 28, 2019, 05:00 AM

Legalising gambling is among the most contentious Rubicons that policymakers can face.

It wreaks inevitable rifts in lawmakers' benches and can cause sweeping dissonance with the public.

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