Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Stinking money

Fish trading has been one of the oldest business and til now it is also one of the lucrative ones. But it also means odd hours and stinking environment but not to this lady lying on the bench taking a nap hehe.... her fingers and hands are covered with gold rings and bracelets which means she is rich. "ya eastern tradition - wearing gold means wealth"

What you see in the picture above, if we were to calculate the total value of the whole market place with fishes traded all over the floor and drums. It could run into billions of rupiahs
What you see here are the workers, labourers and fishermen but the information of the volume will be related to their bosses and transactions made via phone and emails and banking been done in the nice office somewhere else and further linked to the global trade via traders like me who will further export them through out wherever there is a market for a certain species.

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