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Faruk Gençöz · 05-15-2006, 07:27 AM

Thanks for that interview. It was nice to read and learn the situation in Singapore.

Roland's words about the current and the future of the hobby in Singapore reminded me of the same situation in Turkey. Shop owners are the key people in this domain to make a progress in the future but many of them resistant to learn even what they sell. Internet is an alternative source for the aquarists but only ~10% of the Turkish hobbyists use the internet. So the progress will be slow. On the other hand it is good to have a hobby which is not common, strange and marginal.

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Faruk Gençöz Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ankara, Turkey Posts: 875 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 11705	Thanks for that interview. It was nice to read and learn the situation in Singapore. Roland's words about the current and the future of the hobby in Singapore reminded me of the same situation in Turkey. Shop owners are the key people in this domain to make a progress in the future but many of them resistant to learn even what they sell. Internet is an alternative source for the aquarists but only ~10% of the Turkish hobbyists use the internet. So the progress will be slow. On the other hand it is good to have a hobby which is not common, strange and marginal.