Drought not only drying dams, but also our savings

By Cheong Wai Quan - Success Concepts Life Planners Consultant

THE drought is not just drying our dams. It is drying up our savings too.

I paid about RM5 for a comb of banana last year for the many banana smoothies we made at home. Now I pay more than RM8.

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