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                    [Title] => Why Filipinos love to ‘give’
                    [Summary] => Former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has a favorite story about his first few months as a beat policeman. 


Upon getting his first paycheck, he celebrated in what he thought was a grand manner. The next day, he realized he didn’t have enough money to tide him over until the next payday. He did what everybody in his station did. He borrowed money. 


The first thing he did when he received his next paycheck was to pay the principal amount he borrowed plus interest.  The second thing he did was to borrow again.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-02-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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Why Filipinos love to ‘give’

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | February 11, 2002 - 12:00am

Former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has a favorite story about his first few months as a beat policeman. Upon getting his first paycheck, he celebrated in what he thought was a grand manner. The next day, he realized...

Business As Usual