Legislature passes casino amendment

JACKPOT A representative of foreign investment company Amazing Holdings said that the controversial bill would help the economy as gambling is ‘recession-resistant’

By Flora Wang, Loa Iok-sin and Shelley Shan / STAFF REPORTERS

Meanwhile, Citizen Congress Watch executive director Ho Tsung-hsun (何宗勳) urged the Cabinet to ask the legislature reconsider the amendment, saying that if not the organization would stage a large parade before May 20 in protest against the bill.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHIH HSIU-CHUAN, KO SHU-LING, RICH CHANG AND CNA