Keeping away extra color

Keeping away extra color

PEKANBARU, Riau: Election campaign days are proving to be a
windfall for sunblock sellers.

Traders flock to campaign grounds, not to listen politicians'
election promises but to meet the soaring rally participants'
demand for sunblock.

Hundreds of people unable to bear the scorching sun during
rallies scramble to buy sunblock.

"We know people will not let their skin get sunburned in this
steaming whether," said Syamsuar, a roadside vendor who offered
sunblock during a United Development Party campaign in a soccer
field here Tuesday.

About 7,000 people attended the party's campaign. (pan)