owing to the jacked-up prices of rentals without a clear policy of its purpose, but an apparent attempt at recouping their investments in a shortest period possible. Greed I should say.

There was an earlier news about a committee of sorts to look into prices of commodities, but so far nothing. If you are closely following the news here in this regard, a lot of it doesn't go beyond the printed word. And if it does, just for a while and everyone forgets about it. In the meanwhile, the expats whose salaries remain the same can only tighten their belts a little more.