However, i’m not going to talk about the Ah Long in the movie but rather Malaysia’s Ah Long itself. Malaysia version of Ah Long in general is derived from the HongKong term in cantonese “Dai Yee Long”
(Big Ear Hole) - in other terms - Loan Shark.
It’s very impressive that the ah long in malaysia were able to survive despite the harassment from local government. I was even impressed by the approach of the ah long in terms of advertising. They are giving out leaflet and name card. Each day, i will received at least one of the name card. The card written “Fast Loan”, “Long Term Loan and Short Term Loan”, “Hawker Stall Loan” and plenty loan tailored for every level of community in Malaysia. Most of these ah long are chinese coz’ they were able to speak in different chinese dialects, English and Malay. Some of these name card provided calendar. It’s even better than corporate company to print out the name card for their employees. The phone number provided even tempting coz’ the number is very unique. E.g. 01X-66X 8888 or 01X-392 1688 and so on. Note that they will try to have many digits of 8. Some of the phone number are easy to remember like 01X-XXX 5000.
From what i heard, the ah longs have huge network. With the money they make, they diversify into different area of business such as prostitution, gambling (lottery AND football betting), drug trafficking and assasination. Their communication systems are damn advance that the existing telco provider. even they started to have computerized their system. These ah long have advance tracking system to track and hunt you down. Their ability has exceeded CIA nor FBI. Just by giving out the name or car plate, they can track u down without the help of high tech stuff like Captor.
There’s great prospect working as Ah Long in Malaysia. Think about it]]>
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