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  mathx

  1 year ago

  I think americans (and brazillians - I am one) are going same way you mention in the end of the article - building economic sand castles.
  
  Due to the good results in world and domestic ecnomic development, most people (in middle-class) are going crazy spending money. In order to buy houses or cars, people here will willingly enter 80-month mortages or leasings, effectively paying double the price because of hight interest rates.
  
  I wonder when the "credit bubble" will burst around here.
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  Cole

  12 months ago

  That is simply.. unbelievable.. and then you say.. people don't feel oppressed enough to do anything about it? incredible!
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  pandan22

  10 months ago

  When education and healthcare is free , nobody complains.
  Just get married and have lots of children . After all , the state will take care of it. If you are ill , you can get overseas treatment free (plus one companion).
  If you study overseas , it is also free. If you are in the university, they give you a monthly allowance.
  
  Well fed people , don't complain. This way , the Sultan can continue to splurge away the country's money.
  
  Food is bad , I got food poisoning twice here. Others have the same complaint. However , nobody cares.
  
  Public transport is dirty , slow , packed , poor coverage too. Everyone goes home at 12 to send kids home , then back to work. When life is easy, why complain.
  
  This country will go back to the dinosaurs when oil is dry. The people will have nothing , but the Sultan will be fine in one of his many properties overseas.
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  Felicity

  8 months ago

  Currently Brunei is looking to branch away from oil into other resources, such as a fertilizer manufacturing plant. Also they are surveying areas such as Temburong as a pontential source for building dams to generate hydro electricity to ease the people from oil dependency.
  
  "He built a $3b theme park in Brunei that used to open to the public at no cost."
  
  I wish to point this out that the theme park was built by his brother (not by HM), Prince Jefri when Prince Jefri was finance minister, and then was presented to His Majesty on HM's birthday.
  
  I don't think we would go back to the dinosaurs when the oil is dry (we have two large fields in reserves and still exploring for more.) but I am concerned about how 'spoiled' we are.
  
  People say that HM splurge away the country's money, but look at other nation's politicians. They spend millions for their political campaigns and put on a dog and pony show. While during such campaigns they arouse unrest and broken peace amongst the public.
  
  "The crown prince recently married a 17 year old distant cousin."
  
  We're talking really distant cousin here, example like the crown prince's great grandfather's sister's branch of the family. Plus the bride's mother is swedish. Throw that into the gene pool and I don't think we're gonna have any problems anytime soon.
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  Jewellery Talk

  7 months ago

  et, to be intellectually honest, I have to confess that the picture I painted above about the Sultan is something you’d never ever guess from just being on the ground in Brunei.
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  vincesportstoto

  4 months ago

  What is in the country belongs to the people and the country should be managed by people who make up the country.
  
  Trouble will brew when people feel stifled and the monarchy will be made redundant.
  
  No wealth can last for 3 generations! God is great!
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