Paying The Price

I'm not a fan of local newspapers, but there are times when they do get it right. On Saturdays The Straits Times usually attempts some kind of feature running across a few pages and will make an effort to cover a number of perspectives on whatever the issue in question is. Yesterday it was looking at escalating food prices, which are hitting the region hard, and focused on typical families in countries from this part of the world. The result was a group of touching and informative snapshots of the kinds of problem faced by people on a daily basis concerning the most basic of needs. It wasn't exactly deeply researched stuff, but it didn't need to be. The simple facts were enough to make one realise that fluctuations in various aspects of the world economy make huge waves for those at the bottom.

One article focusing on foreign workers in Singapore trying to make ends meet with prices shooting up was particularly thought-provoking. And I'm painfully aware I need to do something that goes beyond just thinking.