Call to stop serving shark's fin

* Take a stand and forgo that bowl of sharks fins the next time it is served. I fully understand if you still feel that 'pinch'...like hey, that is the most expensive dish...how can I not eat?? Or, hey this is a wedding banquet, how come no sharks fins? Wasted my ang bao lei? Oh, so it boils down to money, does it? Are you aiming to eat your money worth at every meal? And are we falling for other people's qualification of which dish is of 'highest value'?

Why do we keep on walking like the rest. Stand apart from the herd. Dare to be bold in declaring your beliefs. So what if there are snickers and rolling eyes? What are principles to uphold if you walk the same way as the rest of the unknowing world?

Build on your principles. Embrace them. Let people SEE what you proclaim you believe.

Trust me. It is NOT the sharks fins that make that soupy bowl yummy. It's all the other ingredients like crab meat, prawns, spices etc... We served FAKE sharks fins to our friends over Chinese New Year. And guess what...even after the 2nd bowl, no one knows it is FAKE.

There was NO sharks fins in there at all. ZERO. Instead, a melon called Sharks Fin Melon. Did the trick.


http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20061112/061201-2.htm

BEIJING: 14 March 2007, ST

China should take shark's fin dishes off the menu for foreign visitors before the 2008 Olympic Games, a lawmaker said yesterday.
Officials in China traditionally honour distinguished guests with huge banquets climaxing with rare or exotic delicacies like bear's paw, monkey brains and shark's fin.
Mr Xu Hongzhi, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of the prestigious Peking University, said such menu items might upset foreign guests.
'Serving shark's fin to foreign guests during the Olympic Games could greatly hurt China's national image and officials should start to remove the dish from the dining table right now,' he told Xinhua news agency.
REUTERS