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1. The Bak Chang festival amongst Chinese born, in or out of China, has origins based upon the HEROIC & self sacrificial attempts by a greatly revered Statesman - Qu Yuan, whom lived in Chu State during the upheavals & Warring States in China, of the horrific infighting among the Chinese People in China, whom had DONE all he could to STEM corruption in his State, but failed, & thus took his life as a protest against such heinous trafficking.
2. As he was revered, many in his State took to boats, with rice dumplings to feed the fishes so that such will not feed on the body of the revered Statesman, to leave his body pristine....such are beliefs, but it TRANSCENDS the belief by many whom had SUFFERED under corrupted practices even today, to HONOR such a TRADITIONAL & CULTURAL practice, that such beliefs may help END corruption, or AT THE LEAST, make known to Leaders that corruption & its evil means - such as Human trafficking, drugs, money launderings, & many other harmful acts, WILL NOT be CONTENACED by 7 billion plus Humankind....
3. However, it seemed strange that in honor of this festival, many if not ALL of such producers of Bak Chang CHOOSED to RAISE prices ASTRONOMICALLY in this time of MOURNING for a courageous ancestor.
4. When a Bak Chang is sold at say $2.50, suddenly during this Festival it rises to $5 & even far more such as $48 per piece, are such NOT PROFITEERING & DISHONOR to our ancient ancestor & his aims?
5. The insignificant nobody me had the privilege to meet up with a stall owner, to buy my usual fare out of a sudden & pragmatic liking of Bak Chang as it is a fast to cook tasty meal, as I work under irregular hours & most restaurants & hawker stalls would be closed in the early hours by the time I can get a hot meal.
6. I was surprised by the HIKE in prices over a simple meal. He told me that such prices were raised by his supply chains - the manufacturers. Even worse, usually there would be little of such packaged meals left when I managed to buy it earlier on, but during this time, there were overflowing amounts of such meals at his stall, which means in economic terms - STAGFLATION - more goods than consumers would buy....
7. I told him as much, but he just shook his head in despair, as those unsold Bak Changs were PAID by his hard earned savings at its current HIKED prices. Such are foods that have to be quickly sold or otherwise it will rot. He did not realized that he had been made used of by moronic but greedy suppliers.... Perhaps he should had diversify his choice of items to be sold or look for better resources during such times, so as NOT be be dangled on a string by illegal cartels...
8. Sigh..... but the REALITY is that INFLATION is NOT a SITUATION, but a CHOICE. May sellers & buyers be aware of such that in the FREE Market policies that Singapore & its citizens adopts.....
2. As he was revered, many in his State took to boats, with rice dumplings to feed the fishes so that such will not feed on the body of the revered Statesman, to leave his body pristine....such are beliefs, but it TRANSCENDS the belief by many whom had SUFFERED under corrupted practices even today, to HONOR such a TRADITIONAL & CULTURAL practice, that such beliefs may help END corruption, or AT THE LEAST, make known to Leaders that corruption & its evil means - such as Human trafficking, drugs, money launderings, & many other harmful acts, WILL NOT be CONTENACED by 7 billion plus Humankind....
3. However, it seemed strange that in honor of this festival, many if not ALL of such producers of Bak Chang CHOOSED to RAISE prices ASTRONOMICALLY in this time of MOURNING for a courageous ancestor.
4. When a Bak Chang is sold at say $2.50, suddenly during this Festival it rises to $5 & even far more such as $48 per piece, are such NOT PROFITEERING & DISHONOR to our ancient ancestor & his aims?
5. The insignificant nobody me had the privilege to meet up with a stall owner, to buy my usual fare out of a sudden & pragmatic liking of Bak Chang as it is a fast to cook tasty meal, as I work under irregular hours & most restaurants & hawker stalls would be closed in the early hours by the time I can get a hot meal.
6. I was surprised by the HIKE in prices over a simple meal. He told me that such prices were raised by his supply chains - the manufacturers. Even worse, usually there would be little of such packaged meals left when I managed to buy it earlier on, but during this time, there were overflowing amounts of such meals at his stall, which means in economic terms - STAGFLATION - more goods than consumers would buy....
7. I told him as much, but he just shook his head in despair, as those unsold Bak Changs were PAID by his hard earned savings at its current HIKED prices. Such are foods that have to be quickly sold or otherwise it will rot. He did not realized that he had been made used of by moronic but greedy suppliers.... Perhaps he should had diversify his choice of items to be sold or look for better resources during such times, so as NOT be be dangled on a string by illegal cartels...
8. Sigh..... but the REALITY is that INFLATION is NOT a SITUATION, but a CHOICE. May sellers & buyers be aware of such that in the FREE Market policies that Singapore & its citizens adopts.....
