The job of keeping watch over Singapore's two casinos will require a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, there is a need to ensure the gaming tables at Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World at Sentosa, set to open at the end of the year and early 2010 respectively, draw the crowds, so business booms and Singapore benefits from a steady stream of tax income.

Singapore casino Resorts World at Sentosa said this week it has awarded a USD 780 million building contract to Japan’s Kajima Corp and Singaporean Tiong Seng Contractors. The contract, the largest to date for the USD 4,4 billion casino, was awarded to a joint venture set up by Kajima and Tiong Seng, Resorts World said. Resorts World, one of Singapore’s two planned casinos, is set to be completed by early 2010, and has awarded over USD 1.4 billon worth of building contracts so far, it said.