33 Enterprise Management Some of them spent on their daily commute. Than (fishmonger, Bago) took the ferry, the bus and the trishaw to reach the fish market daily. Crystals (Fan seller, Yangon) took the first local to reach the supplier and the last one to reach home everyday. Most of the migrants spent on their daily meals. Phyo (Guava seller, Yangon) Spent MMK 1500 ($1.5) for two times meal at his uncle’s house. Some of them also spent on buying betel quid for themselves and their family everyday. Crystals (fan seller, Yangon) spent MMK 1000 ($1) on betelquid, cigarettes and salads daily. For some of them, a part of their income went into paying the daily interest to money lenders. Than (fishmonger, Bago) had borrowed MMK 100,000 ($100) from a money lender at 2% daily interest rate two years ago to invest in her business and buy fish. She had been paying interest ever since. She had to show the principal amount of MMK 100,000 ($100) to the money lender everyday to continue to keep the money. On the days she did not earn enough, she had to plead for more time from the moneylender. Her expenditure from the income she earned out of selling fish was divided in three parts- household groceries, daily transportation and repayment of her loan. “I feel like I work for the money lender. I have to pay him at the end of the day everyday. I cannot save anything.” Phyo spent money on his two times meals Land tax was only collected from some of the MEs. For instance, Crystals (fan seller, Yangon) mentioned paying a land tax of MMK 400-500 ($0.4-$0.5) to the YCDC per month while Myo (hair Dresser, Yangon) stopped paying after the 2010 elections because of the change in law and politics. Some of them made yearly donations for the religious ceremonies. Kyi (slipper keeper, Mandalay) paid MMK 30,000 per year ($ 30) to the pagoda trustee as a donation for religious ceremonies. Some MEs spent on betelquid everyday