The other day Ginger was talking about the high rate of interest the state banks are giving and the dangers inherent in pushing up producers cost as a result of this magnamity. Then another thought struck Ginger. The British banks give around six per cent and there are some British banks and societies involved in portfolio management and so forth. They invest in shares and such like could we make use of them.

What I mean is, can’t the banks make contact with them through some really good financial brokers who can convince them on the relative safety of their investments here. As the banks will not fool around with their deposits and be disgraced intentionally. In other words, their services could be utilized to get foreign lending institutions and financiers to invest here. If it works, there is always the possibility of large sums of foreign money flowing in here which will serve a two fold purpose. It will help fund government commitments and also bring in foreign exchange into the country.

What we should not eat and drink
The other day Ginger wrote about what could be good for you to eat and drink. The question of what is good and bad for you to eat changes because medical opinion changes every now and then on the merits and de merits of many kinds of food. Many of the old theories seem to have gone over board recently.

Now we come to the don’t or rather what doctors advise you to avoid fast foods should be cut to a minimum because they contains saturated fats. Avoid chocolates and fizzy drinks because they have a lot of empty calories from sugar. If you drink, you should have a certain limit and a male should not drink more than 700 ml of beer a day, 240 ml. of wine or 80 ml. of hard liquor while women should take half.

Honesty about dishonesty
Recently a survey was conducted on over eight thousand American High School students. The purpose was to get a rough idea of the number of students who cheated at exams. In one way, they would not have been too unhappy. There was honesty about their dishonesty.

Actually what you could fathom at the end of the survey was that most students treated the whole thing rather lightly. They had a good time during the term and when the exams came, did whatever they could to get through. Some seventy per cent admitted they cheated which showed that they would in general was having a good laugh at the adage that "honesty was the best policy."