CHINA  revamped the whole of BEIJING and SHANGHAI in all aspects over several years to WELCOME the ANticipated WERTERNISED GUESTS  and PUT UP the WORLD's BEST OLYMPIC SHOWS but ended up to CHINA's GROSS DISappointment.

There was nO westernised crowds at the CHINA OLYMPIC despite that all security personnel were sent locally or even to Singapore for a 3 to 6 months English Language course [I was told by a local English Language Training School].

One Singapore conglomerate made a donation due to their CHINA business presence and was issued with a pack of Olympic Tickets including to the Granding Opening Night.  My friend and his family was offered the free Entrance Tickets [but no Air Tickets and no free Hotel accommodation] which he immediately declined. 

Tickets were all sold out.  but on the Grand Opening evening, another friend who attended said one section of the Olympic Stadium with empty seats, was cordoned off and  not shown on the TV.

History repeats in 2010 at the SHANGHI World EXPO.  There is still no westernised crowd.

Heard from my in-laws in America, many Americans have never travel out of America.  In fact, there are still many Americans who have not been to the Las Vegas casinoes and American Disneyland as well as the Nigara Falls.

Westerners do not SPLASH their own money to travel to ASIA.

Except the back packers who flocked to BANGKOK and the Highly Active Males who want to BANG KOK.  I heard from my Thai business counterpart when i was in BANGKOK before. 

According to Observations, westerners travel to ASIA only on corporate business trips fully paid with salary paid too by their EMPLOYERS but not in personal capacity paying their own fares for ASIAN trips.

Even in Singapore, take away all the EXPATs and the conference participants who are here for FREE, i have not seen coaches full of westerner tourists at Singaporean attractions.  

On the other hand, ASIANS are well known to travel on own account with CASH or on CREDIT.

PS: My friend whose brother is currently located in SHANGHAI told us that ALL SHANGHAI residents (as long as you have a SHAHGHAI residential address to your name) received a FREE entrance ticket each to the SHAHGHAI EXPO.  

CHINA Government is very Citizen Centric and is not focused on making money internally from its citizens, who are frequently endowned with FREE national entitlements. 

It is Grossly UNimagineable to the mainland Chinese that Singaporeans have to pay S$100 per person per day just to enter into the IR CASINO, even that one dOes NOT GAMBLE.  It is an ENTRY TICKET and nOt a GAMBLING VISA.

This is probably SEEN as the MOST CRUDE FORM of INTERNAL PROFITEERING by any DEFINITION ? ? ? ?   Some Singaporeans vowed that they will only go to Genting Highlands Casino for this reason.  Other Singaporeans vowed that they would never enter the IR casino if required to pay the S$100 entrance fee.

Will the S$100 IR Casino Entrance Fee be Corrected to become Daily Gambling Visa ? ? ? ?

WHY IS IT SO?