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Component3:1. I agree with the statement because there is a salary gap between the pay of males and females. In many countries, males are usually paid higher than the females, despite having the same job. This may be because many bosses prefer male workers to female workers as males can handle more tasks, and are more devoted in their work. Another reason may be because of the traditional belief that males are dominant over females. Thus bosses will tend to raise the male’s pay higher than the female’s pays. Survey based on 63 countries has shown that women only earn up to 84.8% of the men’s salary. Even in developed countries, traces of pay gap can be seen. In the United States, statistics has shown that women only earn 77% of the men’s income. This shows that gender inequality is still prevalent in the world. 2. Women lose out to men in terms of access to education. In the world, many girls are not sent to school. This may be caused by the traditional belief that women just have to stay at home to do housework, while men get to study and work. And even women who are allowed to study are likely to study less courses and subjects than the males. Such course includes mathematical and scientific courses. Worldwide statistics has shown that for every 100 men who have education, only 88 women will have education. Such inequalities are worse in areas of the Middle East. In Afghanistan for example, only as low as 18% of the afghan girls can read at the age between 15 and 24. 3. Gender inequality is still observed in many parts of the world today as males are preferred over females. Males are preferred for being able to pass down the family name, whereas women have to take the family name of the husband. Not only that, men are also physically stronger than females and could perform more tasks and family labour to help to earn additional income for the family. In China for example, where the amount of family labour is largely needed, the One Child Policy has heightened the number of disdain and infancide of female infants such that there are only 100 females for every 114 males. This is happening not only in China, but as well as India where the number of disdain and infancide is so widely practiced that the number of females is as low as 30% of the males’ population. Therefore, women have yet to achieve equality with men. After Revision:19.5/30 Component 5: Due to the recent building of the integrated resort (IR), a casino, manydebates had flared up on whether it is beneficial or poses a threat to thesociety. Some may feel that there is no need to build casinos as Singapore isalready a rich country and others will also argue that it destroys lives.However, the casinos are not only for people to gamble, but for people to havemore avenues for recreation and entertainment. Most importantly, the IRs areimportant to boost Singapore’s economy. Hence, I am of the opinion that it wasa right decision to allow casinos in Singapore.

There are many importanceeffects created by the IRs, but firstly, it creates more job opportunities inSingapore. A large number of foreigners, permanent residents (PR) andSingaporeans are provided with jobs generated by the casinos. Non-graduateshave a hard time securing their jobs as there is only a limited number of jobsand employers will prefer to hire graduates to non-graduates. These IRs canthen, generate jobs like hotel management staff. A survey has shown that ashocking number of 84,400 people in Singapore are jobless, and since IRs cangenerate 35,000 jobs, unemployment rate will be greatly lowered. Furthermore, an expert in this area, Mr.Leong Wai Ho, an economist with Barclays capital, said:”Given that the IRsbegan hiring well before the opening of the properties, they clearly had astrong role to play in pushing down unemployment rate to 2.1 percent.” Furthermore,an increase in workforce can indirectly boost the economy. Hence, the buildingof IRs is inevitable.

Secondly, IRs will attracttourists and the boost of tourism will greatly boost Singapore’s economy.Casinos will create much revenue for tourism in Singapore. The presence of IRswill attract many foreigners from all around the globe to flock to Singapore totry luck in IRs, which are different from regular casinos in Macau and LasVegas. A lot of money will be earned as a result. Many hotels build near theIRs will also earn a large amount of money as tourists will prefer to staythere so that they can have easy access to the casinos. More tourists flying toSingapore also means a growth in airline business, which will give Singapore’seconomy a significant boost. In fact, Singapore’s economy level is rising to aprojected 14.8%, aided mainly by the commencement of casinos in 2010. IRs areearning millions in less than a year and expected to earn $30 billion by 2015.Hence, IRs are the heart of Singapore’s financial region.

Thirdly, casinos can alsohelp to improve the image of Singapore. Many shopping centers, restaurant and hotels are built after thebuilding of the IRs. Furthermore, the IRs is located at the in the heart ofSingapore’s financial region. With availability of high technology exhibitions,the tourists’ impression of Singapore will improve. This would projectSingapore as a vibrant and attractive city and would allow Singapore to improveit’s on the world stage.

It has been argued that people willbe addicted to gambling because of the casinos. However, I do not agree as thegovernment has implemented a law to impose a $100 levy on Singaporeans who wantto enter the casinos for a day. The newly enacted law will hence, discourageSingaporeans from entering. Furthermore, people who fall into addiction areonly the minority. Moreover, family members can apply for a family exclusionorder to prevent their family members from entering the casinos.

In conclusion, the casinos in Singapore are necessary and crucial forSingapore and Singapore depends on it for a better economy. Singapore, havingno resources, has also to depend on the casinos to earn more money to buyresources from other countries. The money earned can also be used to betterequip Singaporeans with better facilities. after revision:19/30 e-learning: = Despite many advantages of avatars replacing teachers, there are also lots of disadvantages. First of all, the ‘teachers’are unable to interact with the students. It is in fact an illusion that the teacher is here,and the teachers cannot do anything except talking or making gestures becauseeach one in the reality is isolated, hence lessons might become more boring. Thisway, teachers cannot play educational games or even answer questions, hencelessons might become more boring. Also, students often have to take down notesfrom the lesson. An avatar as teacher also means that it does not slow down forthe students to copy down notes.=