I read with interest a recent news article that our Government has plans to carry out a year long campaign to educate the public on the Ah Longs malice in hopes of eradicating Ah Long.
Can this work? I am rather doubtful, you know. My family has been in the dumps before and education never helps when you are looking for money to put food on the table.
Ah Longs have not only been surviving year after year but have turned bolder and bolder seemingly due to protection and a demand for their service.
If the Government makes it easier for the rakyat to cari makan, reduce our taxes and lower our utility tariff, then I do believe that may be the answer to make Ah Longs die off.
Most people are caught in the Ah Long web because they are desperate for the cash and always think that they will be able to repay the small loan the following month. Little did they realise that with the snowballing of interest day after day, it is not as easy as it seem.
And then it will seem like suicide is the only way out of the web. I would like to add that suicide never solves anything.
In my opinion, the Government needs more than education in its efforts to eradicate Ah Longs.
Can this work? I am rather doubtful, you know. My family has been in the dumps before and education never helps when you are looking for money to put food on the table.
Ah Longs have not only been surviving year after year but have turned bolder and bolder seemingly due to protection and a demand for their service.
If the Government makes it easier for the rakyat to cari makan, reduce our taxes and lower our utility tariff, then I do believe that may be the answer to make Ah Longs die off.
Most people are caught in the Ah Long web because they are desperate for the cash and always think that they will be able to repay the small loan the following month. Little did they realise that with the snowballing of interest day after day, it is not as easy as it seem.
And then it will seem like suicide is the only way out of the web. I would like to add that suicide never solves anything.
In my opinion, the Government needs more than education in its efforts to eradicate Ah Longs.
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