Monday, October 11, 2010

HOTA vs HIPA

Contributed by Kim
I recalled briefly that PM LHL in his recent National Day 2010 message mentioned something to the effect that the 2 casinos in Singapore are meant for foreigners to spend $$$ and Singaporean should NOT be patronising these to gamble away their hard earn money. I’m sure many concerned Singaporean shared the same sentiment.
 
In line with the spirit of PM National Day message, parliament should passed a Bill to enact something similar to the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA), which will include all Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident for casino self-exclusion unless they have opted out. Similar to HOTA, Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident can freely choose to opt-out if they wish to by submitting an official form, witnessed and signed by says 2 immediate family members.

Suggest this new act be called HIPA, (
Human dIgnity Preservation Act). Similar to HOTA, which seeks to preserve human life and dignity and ease the pains, burden and suffering of not just the patient, but also that of their family members and loved ones, the proposed HIPA seeks to preserve basic human dignity thru discouraging casino gambling which can potentially destroy every iota of human dignity as well as wreak havoc and untold pains and suffering on countless families in Singapore. 
From that perspective, HOTA and HIPA are not much different in the spirit of their objective.
 
- Kim