Sunday, 7 March 2010

Sugar rationing

As if we needed more proof that the country is spiraling towards a tough landing, the ministry of commerce has imposed sugar rationing. People cannot buy more than 2kg of sugar at a time and anyone with more than 2kg caught stockpiling sugar without ministerial approval will find themselves in trouble.

No matter.

An interviewee on ASTV, a sweet vendor buying ingredients, said, "It's not a big problem. I just have to queue up twice to buy the sugar I need."

Sometimes I wonder why we need this big ministerial announcement when all that is needed to circumvent them is getting in the queue twice instead of once.

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  1. Do you have anymore details on this please?
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  2. ... and meanwhile, at Mae Sai (border town, Chiang Rai), border police have steppped up checks on people smuggling more than 2kg of sugar out of the country. Sugar in Myanmar is over 30 Baht a kilogramme, yet in Thailand it is 25 to 29, hence the smuggling racket.
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