Apply for bank loan.As a foreigner earning an income in foreign currency, you can secure a loan from a Singaporean bank for up to a maximum of 80% of the purchase price.
In September, Mohammad al-Jleilati, the finance minister, said that the country had $18 billion in foreign currency reserves, enough to secure imports for two years.
From Pakistan to Angola to Kyrgyzstan, China is using its enormous pool of foreign currency savings to cement diplomatic alliances, secure access to natural resources and drum up business for its flagship companies.
It did not have enough foreign currency to import supplies and had to pledge its gold reserves to secure an emergency loan.
Edgy importers are grabbing desperately to secure the hard currency they need before rates can deteriorate any further, but, meanwhile, exporters sit on their supplies of foreign currency, confident that it will be worth more rand tomorrow than today.
Mr Tsvangirai has sought to secure their loyalty by promising that civil servants, many of whom have been on strike for months, would be paid in foreign currency instead of worthless Zimbabwean dollars.
Foreign currency is drying up.
Foreign currency is running out.
Foreign currency movement is severely restricted.
Our main foreign currency earner is tobacco.
B. selling foreign currency holdings.
