Monday, April 28, 2014

Don’t gamble with Sri Lanka

The Sundaytimes Sri LankaEditorial-Sunday, April 27, 2014


A rose by any other name smells as sweet, and as far as the Government is concerned, a casino by any other name is expected to rake in the shekels.
This week, the Government passed in Parliament the Gazette notifications legalising casinos, all the while insisting that it was only enabling ‘associated facilities’ within three mega integrated leisure projects — without specifying what they are.