This is a case of " I scratch your back you scratch mine".
Going by tourist numbers, peesai is in deep shit. Countries are slashing their cost for travellers whereas sinkapore is "Uniquely" raising them. Why would anybody spend alot of money on other cost , when they can use that cash for the main purpose of gambling.
Again the number one cost to bring down are wages. Like as though blue collar workers are paid highly to begin with.