Government's policy on gambling

According to today's SCMP:

"The government's policy on gambling is to restrict gambling opportunities to a limited number of authorized and regulated outlets only. And the underlying rationale is not to encourage gambling," Secretary for home affairs Patrick Ho Chi-Ping said.

In order to prevent drug abuse, we will start selling coke in selected drug stores, and selected drug stored only.
Yeah right.


You might wonder why a native Chinese prefers English newspapers. There are a couple of reasons:

• There are few normal newspapers in Hong Kong. I read primarily Ming Pao and SCMP (if I really read newspaper that day)
  
• Fewer people read English newspapers when they have a choice, so they are more often available in coffee shops with both
• SCMP is not available online for free
• SCMP has better job ads
• It allows me to blog in English