Global Casino BOOM

Here’s three articles to read about Taiwan’s Penghu Island. Little by little this seems to be making progress. This could be the next Asian shoe to drop.

- Liu calls for casino gambling legalization

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan called yesterday for legalizing casino gambling on Taiwan’s offshore islands, in what some considered to be the first concrete step towards building gambling facilities on islands outside the Taiwan proper

- Taiwan to assess potential gambling industry

The government will release an assessment report by December on whether to develop the gambling industry in Taiwan, and the project is assessed as feasible, priority will most likely be given to the outlying islands to open this type of business, the country’s top economic planner said yesterday.

- Taiwan considers opening gambling business

The government will release an assessment report by December on whether to develop the gambling industry in Taiwan, and if it is assessed as feasible, priority will most likely be given to the outlying islands to open this type of business, the country’s top economic planner said yesterday.

Chen Tain-jy, chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, said that the outlying island county of Penghu, with a view to boosting its economy, has long demanded the legalization of the gambling industry and has been seeking permission to develop gambling as a business there.