Monday, December 27, 2010

Unhealthy Currency


It's embarrassing to see our own money at the deterioration state. No other currency would be the same as us, I think. What made our society become like that? You would like to accuse me for forgetting our real life of younger days. It is crystal clear I remember that the money of my younger days are much better and beautiful than today. We were able to play with coin that are effectively buried today. I am disappointing myself for unable to show my daughter variety of our past currency. She'll live amid the poor currency with the animal. Why our currency become like that? Don't we have somebody to be honoured by printing on our currency? Even a far late establish country like Singapore could find a man to honour on their currency, why not for long history owned my country?

You won't be noticed that situation unless you have been working or seeing oversea currency. I was amazed to see Malaysia's Ringgit first time I saw. The size, quality, color all come impressive way. I even put some plastic money inside my envelop and send back to my country for their witness. Of course, my siblings were equally surprise once they saw plastic money. In fact, Malaysia is not only one nation that use such quality notes among regional countries. I have viewed some currency from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thai, Philippine and all come not much different in quality. Then why our money always come full of dust, fungus, plaster, mud, etc. These all are not good for health to all users.

Since it's circulating in the market, there are much potential to infect some unwanted bacteria from one to another. Recent survey made in India proof that the money is main source of bacteria spread for some particular diseases. If it is a case, then our people would be the most to suffer as a consequence of these dirty money. Some rumour suggests that the government makes it deliberately in the attempt of replacing the national hero money by new version of lion head money. Meanwhile the government announced the central bank already exchanged for 28 billion currency but the market seems not enough and people are tame to those dirty cash.

As a country with limited bank access, the cash using is a must and it drive the money easier to dirty and tears. Another reason can be the quality of money made paper. It seems done by cheap paper to save production cost and it can make easy to spoil. Anyway, the government should step into the case and should take necessary action to prevent any possible negative effect due to extra-dirty of cash. People are complaining that they have to pay 10,000 Ks for new 8,000 Ks. It may make people to refuse exchange as long as they can use with dirty money in the market. Why government can't exchange apple to apple for people? Some said they can exchange equal amount by some NGOs.

May our people able to use local currency with dignity.

1 comment:

  1. Of course, the money of our younger days are much better and beautiful than today....)

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