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• The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 1, January 6, 2008, Article 20
  

  RAISING HELL: PRICE OF HELL MONEY HAS GONE UP
  

  Michael Sullivan writes: "I thought your E-Sylum readers
  would be interested in this article from the New Straits
  Times, Aug. 20, 2007:
  

  “Paying More for ‘Hell’ Currency” by Sim Bak Heng
  

  Johor Baru (Malaysia): Currency appreciation is not
  restricted to this world. It happens in the netherworld
  as well.
  

  Since July 1, the value of “hell” currency has gone up.
  And people have had to fork out up to 20 percent more to
  buy the paper money commonly burned as an offering to the
  dead during the Hungry Ghost Festival which began last
  Monday.
  

  But this is not all. The prices of joss sticks, candles
  and the paper items such as cards, planes, houses and
  servants traditionally offered, have also gone up by 10
  to 25 percent.
  

  The Malaysia Worship Items Dealers Association said the
  higher prices for these items, mostly imported from China,
  was inevitable because of the appreciation of the yuan
  and the withdrawal of subsidies for the manufacturing
  in China.
  

URL di origine

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n01a20.html

Data di pubblicazione

• 2008-01-06

Volume

• 11

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