Stop Shouting 'Huat Ah!' in RWS Casino OK?

[makapaaa]

Feb 24, 2010

Incongruent behaviour at casino

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I READ with amusement about the behaviour of patrons at the casino in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). While idiosyncrasies like reserving seats with packets of tissue paper and shouts of "huat, ah!" ("prosperity") might be amusing to an observer in a place like a hawker centre, they seem ill suited to a venue like the integrated resort.
Given all the talk about organising chartered flights for high rollers, RWS is obviously out to target the very high-end of the casino market. Patrons of the casino should be educated on the dos and don'ts while visiting an establishment like that. RWS should employ officers to politely enforce the right etiquette among patrons found to be behaving inappropriately.
While I am fully supportive of a dress code, the behaviour of the people visiting the casino is much more important. Having a proper dress code but tolerating poor behaviour would be akin to how many people view Singapore: that of a country with First World amenities and Third World citizens.
Keith Gerard Tan
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[middaydog]

the next thing they will shout " yaaaaaaammmm seng "

 

[Rogue Trader]

keith gerard tan you fake angmo cheebye kia. you want to fine people for shouting hokkien in casino??

 

[Leongsam]

While idiosyncrasies like reserving seats with packets of tissue paper and shouts of "huat, ah!" ("prosperity") might be amusing to an observer in a place like a hawker centre, they seem ill suited to a venue like the integrated resort.
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I was in Vegas last year and Mainland Chinese there behaved extremely well. They were obviously the cultured, educated elite from Northern China... the sort that Singapore tries to attract but never succeeds.

The Chinamen in the sinkie Casinos are of Southern peasant stock. That's where the sinkie Chinese came from too. They're from the lower caste of Chinese society which accounts for their borish, uncouth and disgusting behaviour.

 

[Ash007]

I hear people shout "Picture" here a lot at the blackjack table. Maybe you should tell them to shout "Ang Kong" in RWS.

 

[Alamaking]

huat arrrr!!!!!!

 

[Stage 5]

I don't get it does this asshole not like people shouting in casinos in general or just people whom shout in Chinese dialects?

Cause if he's even been to any casino round the world, he'd know that casinos are noisy places. If he wants peace and quiet then STAY HOME RETARD!

 

[Tiu Kwang Yew]

Ah tan please lah,

you vote for PAP and gambling dens, what do you expect?

sinkapore is first world for PAP and not for everybody !

you also vote for southern china people and southern indians to come, what you want man? A first class gambling dens where you only see got wear-tie ang mohs ?

please lah, the worst is yet to come, this is just the beginning !

vote for PAP more....hahahahaha....want the cake and eat the whole pc, where got such thing.....want shiok still scared of pain.

Ah tan, you see what you vote ...please behave like PAP MPs...shhhhhhhhhhh

 

[dunbluffme]

Huat ah is just a cheer of wealth to you... U dun want then give Huat ah to me... "Huat ah!!!"

it is the same as "Peep Peep Hurray!" what...

 

[makapaaa]

I was in Vegas last year and Mainland Chinese there behaved extremely well. They were obviously the cultured, educated elite from Northern China... the sort that Singapore tries to attract but never succeeds.

The Chinamen in the sinkie Casinos are of Southern peasant stock. That's where the sinkie Chinese came from too. They're from the lower caste of Chinese society which accounts for their borish, uncouth and disgusting behaviour.

Should spell 'boorish'?

 

[tonychat]

While I am fully supportive of a dress code, the behaviour of the people visiting the casino is much more important. Having a proper dress code but tolerating poor behaviour would be akin to how many people view Singapore: that of a country with First World amenities and Third World citizens.
Keith Gerard Tan

I did warned you guys about sinkie behavior, didn't i? It is expected.

 

[Unrepented]

Must shout "Picture PLEASE". Anyway, gambling brings out the worse in people, may it be big whale, small prawns, tamban etc

Keith Gerard Tan bin Banana. Huat Ah!!!!!!!!!!!! So what

I hear people shout "Picture" here a lot at the blackjack table. Maybe you should tell them to shout "Ang Kong" in RWS.

 

[halsey02]

can shout, SIBEI SONG or not?...wah diam diam teok....

 

[shOUTloud]

A fake angmoh with two angmoh names. Fucking idiot

 

[po2wq]

ah keith ...

shouting 'huat' is being polite ...

u never hear ppl shout knnbccb, meh? ...

 

[jw5]

Must shout "Picture PLEASE". Anyway, gambling brings out the worse in people, may it be big whale, small prawns, tamban etc

Keith Gerard Tan bin Banana. Huat Ah!!!!!!!!!!!! So what

Shouting "Picture" originated in Genting. I think they are still doing that there.
They should say "Please may I have a PICTURE?" instead.

 

[Ash007]

I can just imagine the PRC mei mei say in very 温柔 “Picture, 来吧来吧"

Shouting "Picture" originated in Genting. I think they are still doing that there.
They should say "Please may I have a PICTURE?" instead.

 

[po2wq]

I can just imagine the PRC mei mei say in very 温柔 “Picture, 来吧来吧"

can u imagine wat ze same sexy prc mei-mei wud say if wat dat came out was not picture? ...

 

[tiulehloumohkohai]

I was in Vegas last year and Mainland Chinese there behaved extremely well. They were obviously the cultured, educated elite from Northern China... the sort that Singapore tries to attract but never succeeds.

The Chinamen in the sinkie Casinos are of Southern peasant stock. That's where the sinkie Chinese came from too. They're from the lower caste of Chinese society which accounts for their borish, uncouth and disgusting behaviour.

Kan lin lau bu A puah chee bi..... you are fcuking rite leh.... we are from the lower caste. Huat ahh........

 

[Ramseth]

Shouting "Picture" originated in Genting. I think they are still doing that there.
They should say "Please may I have a PICTURE?" instead.

Shouting for "picture" (K, Q or J) is jeering against the croupier to go bust upon the next draw of the card when the hand is 12 or above. Actually, a "non-picture" but "numeral" 10 would do nicely too. Yes, it seems to a Genting tradition. I've never heard this in casinos elsewhere.

There was once when I was in Genting, I asked an half-acquainted player, what good does it do to jeer when the card is already fixed there, just waiting to be drawn and shown; nothing could be changed. He replied yes, they know, but it adds pressure, lower the morale and concentration of the croupier in decision-making in the next deal. Don't know how true is that.