If you could introduce something to the Philippines what would it be?

[Pepe n Pilar]

Car boot sale

Is this the same as the ukay ukay? If so then it is already in the Phils...

[Pepe n Pilar]

Yeah... not all but it's getting there...
Scares me sometimes tbh. Before you can hardly apply for credit cards without them checking your financial status but now, the CC companies are enticing you to have CC in no time...

Yeah... before if you want to apply for a CC it takes long before it will be approved and loads of requirements from the applicant aside from the financial status. As if you're begging from them just to have a CC but now applications are everywhere. When you go to your bank they will ask you if you already have a CC because if you don't have they will give you the appl form and brochures. Even if you're just walking in the Malls the applications are being distributed by agents and stalls are built in the promenade for them to promote their CC, you're being approach by them and they encourage you to sign up. Right there you can apply for a CC. It's just that easy.... Then it is now the people who will say " no thanks , i don't need that"...Times has changed....

[Mrs Daddy]

Is this the same as the ukay ukay? If so then it is already in the Phils...

Its not quite an ukay2 you find different sorts of stuff from furnitures,appliances,toys and so on and so forth

[scottishbride]

Maybe... Lamb!?

[somebody]

Yeah... before if you want to apply for a CC it takes long before it will be approved and loads of requirements from the applicant aside from the fiancial status. As if you're begging from them just to have a CC but now applications are everywhere. When you go to your bank they will ask you if you already have a CC because if you don't have they will give you the appl form and brochures. Even if you're just walking in the Malls the applications are being distributed by agents and stalls are built in the promenade for them to promote their CC, you're being approach by them and they encourage you to sign up. Right there you can apply for a CC. It's just that easy.... Then it is now the people who will say " no thanks , i don't need that"...Times has changed....

That is very very scary and I hope (but hold little chance of it happening) the goverment clamp down fast.

As people saw many people made a fortune in the west and elsewhere and then got very little comeback from the mess they created.

I know for a fact the Wife and her friends, plus her young peer group relatives who are the highly educated people phill needs to push on. Have very little knowledge and experience of credit (seen interviews of young professional indians as well on the same issue) who have no older people who really understand what its all about to guide them.

One thing I dont want to see in phill is the same mess some people in the west found themselves in

[conie]

Its always nice when the door automatically opens for you like....OPEN SESAME!!!

[Jay&Zobel]

Scares me sometimes tbh. Before you can hardly apply for credit cards without them checking your financial status but now, the CC companies are enticing you to have CC in no time...

Yeah... before if you want to apply for a CC it takes long before it will be approved and loads of requirements from the applicant aside from the fiancial status. As if you're begging from them just to have a CC but now applications are everywhere. When you go to your bank they will ask you if you already have a CC because if you don't have they will give you the appl form and brochures. Even if you're just walking in the Malls the applications are being distributed by agents and stalls are built in the promenade for them to promote their CC, you're being approach by them and they encourage you to sign up. Right there you can apply for a CC. It's just that easy.... Then it is now the people who will say " no thanks , i don't need that"...Times has changed....

That is very very scary and I hope (but hold little chance of it happening) the goverment clamp down fast.

As people saw many people made a fortune in the west and elsewhere and then got very little comeback from the mess they created.

I know for a fact the Wife and her friends, plus her young peer group relatives who are the highly educated people phill needs to push on. Have very little knowledge and experience of credit (seen interviews of young professional indians as well on the same issue) who have no older people who really understand what its all about to guide them.

One thing I dont want to see in phill is the same mess some people in the west found themselves in

It's the purchasing power feeling you see... In the PI it is quite very new. People feel "different" when using their Plastic moneys, as if "Hey, look I have a Plastic Card I am rich, I am "in!" " type style thing... But the truth is, it is rather scary if they don't know how to use it sensibly/pay it before it's due...

[bornatbirth]

the ricky hatton bed!

as soon as you lay on it,your out for the count

[Gavanddal]

B&Q Warehouse so I find everything we need to do our house up!

[future=dreams]

My friend said: "proper bacon"

when is a bacon proper?

when its not full of extra water it's easy to make your own rub salt in to pork for a week its bacon can either eat or smoke it then eat.

[David House]

1) Separation of Church and State, with a strictly enforced removal of all church influence over public policy.
2) An independant media prepared to tell the truth and protected by the Government.
3) State sponsored education programmes designed to ensure that morality, in all it's forms, is raised to the level expected of all true Christians.
4) The removal of the profit motive from all educational instituations and the imposition of high standards of teaching and independantly monitored examinations.
5) A complete overhaul of the banking system, to encourage a flow of inward investments.
6) Punish anyone found guilty of corruption by ensuring that they feel "ashamed" in their own community by having to undertake menial tasks in public. In this way it will become an unattractive activity.
7) Reward anyone able to bring the corrupt to justice. In this way the people can protect themselves and get some benefit.
8) Remove guns from the streets, from the public and the police. Anyone who is found in possession of a gun should face jail. Anyone who uses one should face life. Gun clubs and shooting ranges to be closed.

[bornatbirth]

considering everyone is at it!

there will be alot on the streets doing menial tasks and together with the poor the streets are going to be busy?

[nigel]

A decent health care system.

[aromulus]

1) Separation of Church and State, with a strictly enforced removal of all church influence over public policy.
2) An independant media prepared to tell the truth and protected by the Government.
3) State sponsored education programmes designed to ensure that morality, in all it's forms, is raised to the level expected of all true Christians.
4) The removal of the profit motive from all educational instituations and the imposition of high standards of teaching and independantly monitored examinations.
5) A complete overhaul of the banking system, to encourage a flow of inward investments.
6) Punish anyone found guilty of corruption by ensuring that they feel "ashamed" in their own community by having to undertake menial tasks in public. In this way it will become an unattractive activity.
7) Reward anyone able to bring the corrupt to justice. In this way the people can protect themselves and get some benefit.
8) Remove guns from the streets, from the public and the police. Anyone who is found in possession of a gun should face jail. Anyone who uses one should face life. Gun clubs and shooting ranges to be closed.

For a dreadful moment I thought you were being serious.....

You talking about the Uk, right...????

[David House]

I know I am being very ambitious and progress would be slow. I also accept that some might also apply, in the public perception at least, to the UK. With all the present problems the UK though remains in a better position on all of those targets than the Philippines. Corruption exists everywhere, but is not the culture in the UK as it is in the Philippines. The Church does not strangle the life out of progress as it does there. We don't see guns on every street corner, or in every shop doorway. We can argue about morality but the duplicity found in the Philippines I think gives them the edge in that department. Why then do I still love the place? It's the people. Always happy and willing to help. If only some of their problems could be solved, and they could, the country would really prosper again.

[aromulus]

I know I am being very ambitious and progress would be slow. I also accept that some might also apply, in the public perception at least, to the UK. With all the present problems the UK though remains in a better position on all of those targets than the Philippines. Corruption exists everywhere, but is not the culture in the UK as it is in the Philippines. The Church does not strangle the life out of progress as it does there. We don't see guns on every street corner, or in every shop doorway. We can argue about morality but the duplicity found in the Philippines I think gives them the edge in that department. Why then do I still love the place? It's the people. Always happy and willing to help. If only some of their problems could be solved, and they could, the country would really prosper again.

I cannot remember who said this but....

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"....

Also if you take into account knife crime, the Uk and especially London, are well up in the league of gratuitious violence....

[David House]

I cannot remember who said this but....

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"....

Also if you take into account knife crime, the Uk and especially London, are well up in the league of gratuitious violence

Yes, of course, but the availability of guns, in the hands of the angry, drunk or simply poor is not a good idea is it? I don't buy the "self defence" and "protection" arguments with which the Americans justify their possession. Very strict controls over manufacture, import and possession won't stop determined criminals but would reduce the overall impact of guns on the majority of us. Knife crime is another problem, and more difficult to deal with. I don't pretend I have an answer to that but that is no reason not to remove guns from the scene.

[Tawi2]

The availability of guns doesnt significantly increase the murder rate in a place,if someone has evil intentions he will use a claw hammer,a club,any weapon thats at hand really,in fact I stayed in a village once which hadnt experienced a murder in years,despite the fact every man and his dog was walking round with an AK slung over their shoulder and a .45 ACP stuck in their waistband.I dont think gun clubs are a bad thing at all,as for disarming the male population of pinas its just not going to happen,its the macho spanish culture the same as their love of boxing and cock fighting,I met some very well educated pinoys with a passion for weaponry,the philippines has far more pressing problems than the availability of hand guns.

[Tawi2]

"the availability of guns, in the hands of the angry, drunk or simply poor is not a good idea is it?"


Yup,those poor folks Anyone remember the "Accident" in the Royal Nepalese household a few years back,when a prince was cleaning his machine gun?It "Accidentally" went off in several rooms and wiped out his family Lots of similar incidents,a US soldier has just recently shot dead five of his colleagues in Baghdad "Guns dont kill people,people kill people"

[bornatbirth]

and if you didnt have guns?

[David House]

and if you didnt have guns?

People would not get shot. Of course other weapons are available and murders would still occur, no-one in their right mind would claim that they would not. The question is, do guns increase or decrease the risk? Those who claim they deter crime have a legitimate viewpoint. I just happen to disagree. I don't ague it is the most pressing problem, far from it, but the removal of lethal weapons from society everywhere is on my wish list. As for gun clubs, I suppose whilst guns are legal then people must be trained to use them safely. However using guns for "sport" offends me. Just because it satifies a machismo urge does not make it right, nor does the concept that it is a manly thing to go hunting. OK, if you live in a society which still needs to hunt to survive it is acceptable, but not in our civilised world. We have moved past that.

[Tawi2]

Using guns for sport offends you David?Sport also includes target shooting and clay pigeon shooting,driving fast is a machismo urge,ever did it for the exhileration you feel David?As for civilised world,most of this planet isnt,asias the biggest continent,large areas are far from civilised

[bornatbirth]

take alook what happened to gun clubs here?

two mass murder sprees and take a look in america,look at the body count from guns.

my brother inlaw went and got a pistol for protection but what will happen when hes not there and my mom inlaw and the maid use it,they will end up shooting each other?

[Tawi2]

I have had licenced weapons all my life,my son was shooting a .38 on a range when he was 8 years old,I never once felt the need to shoot someone with a weapon I held on a private licence,its kind of elitist to say allowing poor folks no access to a weapon as it isnt a good idea,a weapon is whatever is at hand I think more people in Pinas die by stabbing every year than shooting,knife-licence?Like I said,the Philippines has bigger fish to fry,but thats their business,not ours.

[David House]

Using guns for sport offends you David?Sport also includes target shooting and clay pigeon shooting,driving fast is a machismo urge,ever did it for the exhileration you feel David?As for civilised world,most of this planet isnt,asias the biggest continent,large areas are far from civilised

Yes, all gun sport offends me, including target shooting and clay pigeons, just because they use guns, which in my opinion should be restricted only to the military. I want to see guns totally removed from the public perception of a normal life. Just having them around makes life more dangerous in my view. I am sorry that those who love them would lose out but if it becomes a majority view then they will have to accept it. I just hope Obama shows the way in the USA and gets tough with the NRA! No, I have never felt the need to drive fast because of a machismo urge. I don't feel any compulsion to prove my maleness that way, or in any other way. I accept that large parts of Asia could not be described as "civilised" in the way we are in the UK but they aspire to be like us, so as an aspiration I would encourage them to make this a target.

[lordfortesque]

I'd give the Philippines CADBURY'S CREAM EGGS

free flights for single guys from the uk

[eagles]

i think, highway traffic system where you get to ride a bus with designated numbers at designated station with their corresponding number too ( not just anywhere along the highway) have you seen How EDSA is clogging with buses and commuters??? And the automated ticketing system for provincial buses where you get your own seat ahead of time, you dont have to fight over for a seat, climb windows during peak season just to get a seat)

[future=dreams]

I would site it next door to Wetherspoons Managed to buy fresh dates fresh pasta with crab and crayfish a pineapple for 32 pence so i eat healthy and dont gain to much weight

[somebody]

It's the purchasing power feeling you see... In the PI it is quite very new. People feel "different" when using their Plastic moneys, as if "Hey, look I have a Plastic Card I am rich, I am "in!" " type style thing... But the truth is, it is rather scary if they don't know how to use it sensibly/pay it before it's due...

With the west cracking down who can see like me the credit companies moving in on Asia and the "developing world" (rather the overdeveloped and kanckered world ala uk and us) Like all the other mutli nationals have as the west clamp down on their practises.

In the US new laws have it looks made whats likely to dent profits for the credit card companies and plenty more laws will come along.

The phillipines goverment and others will with open arms welcome the large finace companies and all the money and "investment" they bring. There will be a mini boom posssibly quite a large one then a lot of sorrow

[Jay&Zobel]

It's the purchasing power feeling you see... In the PI it is quite very new. People feel "different" when using their Plastic moneys, as if "Hey, look I have a Plastic Card I am rich, I am "in!" " type style thing... But the truth is, it is rather scary if they don't know how to use it sensibly/pay it before it's due...

With the west cracking down who can see like me the credit companies moving in on Asia and the "developing world" (rather the overdeveloped and kanckered world ala uk and us) Like all the other mutli nationals have as the west clamp down on their practises.

In the US new laws have it looks made whats likely to dent profits for the credit card companies and plenty more laws will come along.

The phillipines goverment and others will with open arms welcome the large finace companies and all the money and "investment" they bring. There will be a mini boom posssibly quite a large one then a lot of sorrow

I so agree with you! And not long. PI will be in recession too! (or is it already)

People are just so excited being so westernized... (not thinking what lies ahead...) Really scary...