Profit - At what price???

Everyone gets into business to make a profit. It would be stupid if that was not your target. But how far would one go to achieve the desired profits?

The recent baby formula fiasco in China just proves how greedy some people can be. The use of Melamine in the baby formula is causing gallstones to form in the baby's kidneys. I felt for the parents whose kids have been afflicted with the problem. China's one child policy makes the suffering and grief for these parents even worse. Doesn't it make you seething mad when man's pursuit of profits is at the expense of a little child?

4 deaths and 53,000 sick babies later, the Chinese govt are on a witch-hunt to find the wrong-doers. It seems the owners have disappeared, naturally! The interesting thing to note here is that the producers, Sanlu Grp, already knew abt the problem in December 2007 and chose to ignore the complains received. I hope the Chinese authorities catch the culprits soon! I say throw them then to the parents of the 53,000 kids for justice to be served!

Another interesting thing that came out of this fiasco is that the head of Quality Control in the Chinese Govt has resigned, taking full responsibility of the incident. Now, how nice would it be if one of our ministers would do the honourable thing and take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming others! But I guess that's just fantasy thinking in Bolehland!