Casino
Introduction
Cheng-Ping
Cheng (Associate Professor, Department of Finance, National Yunlin University
of Science and Technology)
Special Issue Article
1. The
Cost and Benefit of Developing Integrated Resort and Gaming Industry in Matsu
Jiann-Chyuan
Wang (Research Fellow and Vice President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic
Research)
Ching-Pin
Fu (Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center, Industrial
Technology Research Institute)
Tsung-Che
Wei (Associate Research Fellow, The Third Research Division, Chung-Hua
Institution for Economic Research)
2. The
Arguments and Facts Against “Legalizing Casino Gambling in Designated Tourism
Districts”
Chih-Kuei
Yeh (Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Leisure Studies, National
Dong Hwa University)
I-Yin
Yen (Corresponding author) (Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure
Management, I-Shou University)
3. David
Versus Goliath: A Comparison on the Mobilization of Supporters and Opponents in
the 2009 Penghu Casino Referendum
I-Lun
Tsai (Associate Professor, General Education Center, National Penghu University
of Science and Technology)
4. Discuss
Decriminalization of Gambling in the Social Change Perspective
Chia-Hua
Wu (Ph.D. Student, College of Law, National Taiwan University; Judge, Taiwan
Taipei District Court)
Policy Review
5. Offering
a Developing Opportunity to Matsu
Suei-Sheng
Yang (Doctor, Bureau of Health & Welfare; Pre-County Magistrate, Lienchiang
County)
6. Inspecting
Matsu’s Referendum on Setting Casino
Tsung-Hsun
Ho (Convener, Alliance Against the Legalization of Gambling)
7. The
Symposium on Taiwan’s Casino Industry
Chien-Feng
Wei et. al.
Research Article
8. Levinas’
Criticism on Heidegger’s Ontology, from the Disparity of Dying and Death to
Ethic: An Example on Being and Time
Wan-I
Yang (Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, National Sun Yat-sen
University)
9. Democracy,
Equality, and Dialogue: The Ideal and Practice of Liberal Arts Education
Yu-Cheng
Liu (Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Nanhua University)
Special Issue Article
The Cost and Benefit of Developing Integrated Resort
and Gaming Industry in Matsu
Jiann-Chyuan
Wang (Research Fellow and Vice President, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic
Research)
Ching-Pin
Fu (Senior Researcher, Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center, Industrial
Technology Research Institute)
Tsung-Che
Wei (Associate Research Fellow, The Third Research Division, Chung-Hua
Institution for Economic Research)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the feasibility of
developing integrated resort and gaming industry in Matsu. To achieve the aim,
we attempt to analyze the cost and benefit of integrated resort center (IR)
with or without gaming industry.
Developing IR, with gaming industry, can not only promote the development
transportation, hotel, restaurant, leisure, retail, financial service and
related industries, but create job opportunity, tax revenue and improve Matsu’a
transportation. However, it will also result in price inflation, ruining social
value and arousing crime rate and so on. Therefore, to develop Matsu’s IR, we
need to design delicate and extensive regulation and social norm, as well as
complete supervision system, in order to reduce the negative impact of gaming
industry.
Keywords:
Matsu, Integrated resort, Gaming Industry, Cost and Benefit Analysis
The Arguments and Facts Against “Legalizing Casino
Gambling in Designated Tourism Districts”
Chih-Kuei
Yeh (Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Leisure Studies, National
Dong Hwa University)
I-Yin
Yen (Corresponding author) (Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure
Management, I-Shou University)
This paper discusses whether Taiwan should legalize gambling and allow
casinos to be operated in designated tourism districts-- issues having been
discussed and debated over the past 2 decades. Various issues have been addressed
in the paper including: the rationale of applying designated districts for the
development of specific industries; the nature of “Legalizing Casino Gambling
in Designated Tourism Districts”; how casinos really operate; and other
relevant issues including the possibility and feasibility of adopting gambling
businesses to rejuvenate economically depressed regions. This paper is written
with the hope that this would clarify what need to be taken into account
whenever a critical public policy issue such as “gambling legalization” has
been brought up.
Keywords:
Regional Development, Off-shore Island Development, Gambling Legalization,
Social Costs, Integrated Resort
David Versus Goliath: A Comparison on the Mobilization
of Supporters and Opponents in the 2009 Penghu Casino Referendum
I-Lun
Tsai (Associate Professor, General Education Center, National Penghu University
of Science and Technology)
The enactment of Offshore Islands Development Act in January 2009 paved
way for the tourist casino, which can be legalized with the positive result of
a local referendum. In Penghu, where the casino dispute has lasted for nearly a
decade, local people voted against the gaming industry in a referendum in
September 2009. While local political elites are the proponent of tourist
casino, the opponents are made up of civil-society organizations which vowed to
protect hometown identity. This article researches the diverse patterns of
mobilization between the two camps in the first casino referendum in Taiwan. In
terms of resources, the pro-casino force outnumbered its rival. Moreover, my
study reveals that local politics played an important role in affecting the
referendum outcome as public participation was constrained in many ways.
Keywords:
Penghu Casino Referendum, Social Movement, Referendum, Mobilization, Policy
Referendum
Discuss Decriminalization of Gambling in the Social
Change Perspective
Chia-Hua
Wu (Ph.D. Student, College of Law, National Taiwan University; Judge, Taiwan
Taipei District Court)
This article uses quantitative research to discuss judiciary and
public’s attitude toward gambling. First, in Part II it provides the
controversies regarding decriminalization of gambling. Then, in Part III it
analyzes judiciary’s attitude toward gambling. In Part IV, it explains public’s
opinions about gambling. In my observation, police and judiciary didn’t treat
gambling as severe crime, the public also change their view toward gambling,
it’s time to decriminalize offenses of gambling.
Keywords:
Gambling, Ethic of Sacrifice, Ethic of Tolerance, Victimless Crime,
Decriminalized
Policy Review
Offering a Developing Opportunity to Matsu
Suei-Sheng
Yang (Doctor, Bureau of Health & Welfare; Pre-County Magistrate, Lienchiang
County)
Inspecting Matsu’s Referendum on Setting Casino
Tsung-Hsun
Ho (Convener, Alliance Against the Legalization of Gambling)
The Symposium on Taiwan’s Casino Industry
Chien-Feng
Wei et. al.
Research Article
Levinas’ Criticism on Heidegger’s Ontology, from the
Disparity of Dying and Death to Ethic: An Example on Being and Time
Wan-I
Yang (Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, National Sun Yat-sen
University)
According to Levinas’ interpretation of Being and Time, although Heidegger
attempts to distinguish his ontology from traditional philosophy, in
Heidegger’s ontology which constructed of taking Being as priority, the implication
of man is still restricted to Being’s mode, so that the problem of man and
ethic has been concealed. From this point of view, Levinas’ translation and
interpretation of Heidegger’s thought, refers to his concern transiting from ontology
to ethic, and is also relating to his attempt to respond to Heidegger and
effort to develop his own thought.
When reading Levinas’ criticism and response to Heidegger, we found that
Levinas attempts to distinguish Dasein, from the subject of responsibility that
he cares, through the difference between “die (le mourir)” and “death (le mort)”.
If Levinas’ subject of responsibility is based on existence (l’exister) so as
to be responsible for others, then the subject Dasein in Heidegger's thought that
is bound up tightly with the death, would demonstrate what kind of life tonality
(die Stimmung/la tonalité)?
Keywords:
Heidegger, Levinas, Dasein, Ontology, Ethic
Democracy, Equality, and Dialogue: The Ideal and
Practice of Liberal Arts Education
Yu-Cheng
Liu (Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Nanhua University)
This article discusses the ideas of residential education, the role
of residential college master, and the learning outside of the box, through
which examines the learning effects of students who join the program of liberal
arts education. Methodologically, this article adopts semi-structural
questionnaires and open-access interviews to understand the learning effects of
students and how they evaluate the program. This paper suggests three
dimensions that can be used to feature liberal arts education: democracy,
equality, and dialogue. They are also important universal values worth pursuing
in the future of education.
Keywords:
Liberal Arts Education, Residential College, Democracy, Equality, Dialogue
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