Thou sahll be sharked....
After one week of Chinese New Year breaks, it is back to office to work..........
What greeted me was lots of loan sharks' stickers messily sticking at the main entrance of the office, mailbox, and all the visible places near the entrance. And, my mailbox is full of photocopied pamphlets and name cards of credit companies and loan sharks offering short term loans with enticing packages. Perhaps, they are all illegal loan sharks.
It is amazing to note that, these loan sharks or credit companies have no sense of respect at all for other people's properties. Their indiscriminate pasting of promotional materials with strong adhesives not only defaced the paintwork of the buildings, but also show their glaring disregards for laws and orders. There have been too many sad cases of loan shark causing social ills, but it seemed, the number of illegal loan sharks or immoral credit companies are on the increased. I wondered, why the authorities always claimed that they are not able to stop the illegal loan sharks' menaces. After all, the loan shark always advertised their contact telephone numbers and names. Why can't the enforcement officials of the authorities call the contact numbers, make appointment with them, and nabbed them on the spot ? Lack of manpower from the authorities ? Come on, we have the ratio of ONE civil servant to TWENTY SIX citizens ! If certain authorities have all the time worry about and devising scheme to hunt down unmarried couples enggaging in close proximity acts, why can't they spend a little bit more times to pay a little bit attentions to address this illegal loan sharking menances ? Is it less sinful to allow loan sharks to break up families and causing loan defaulters to commit suicides ?
"Wanting to take a loan from the banks but not qualified ? Don't worry, we are also not qualified !" This seemed like the arrogant catch words of the loan sharks. Any takers ?
What greeted me was lots of loan sharks' stickers messily sticking at the main entrance of the office, mailbox, and all the visible places near the entrance. And, my mailbox is full of photocopied pamphlets and name cards of credit companies and loan sharks offering short term loans with enticing packages. Perhaps, they are all illegal loan sharks.
It is amazing to note that, these loan sharks or credit companies have no sense of respect at all for other people's properties. Their indiscriminate pasting of promotional materials with strong adhesives not only defaced the paintwork of the buildings, but also show their glaring disregards for laws and orders. There have been too many sad cases of loan shark causing social ills, but it seemed, the number of illegal loan sharks or immoral credit companies are on the increased. I wondered, why the authorities always claimed that they are not able to stop the illegal loan sharks' menaces. After all, the loan shark always advertised their contact telephone numbers and names. Why can't the enforcement officials of the authorities call the contact numbers, make appointment with them, and nabbed them on the spot ? Lack of manpower from the authorities ? Come on, we have the ratio of ONE civil servant to TWENTY SIX citizens ! If certain authorities have all the time worry about and devising scheme to hunt down unmarried couples enggaging in close proximity acts, why can't they spend a little bit more times to pay a little bit attentions to address this illegal loan sharking menances ? Is it less sinful to allow loan sharks to break up families and causing loan defaulters to commit suicides ?
"Wanting to take a loan from the banks but not qualified ? Don't worry, we are also not qualified !" This seemed like the arrogant catch words of the loan sharks. Any takers ?
1 comment:
The main problem is that the people who desperately need short term cash often are also the least likely to be able to get a bank loan - those with small salaries, those working in the informal sector - no proof of regular income or self employed.
I draw the line on those who borrow to gamble - they really don't deserve pity.
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