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Old 7th May 2009, 15:44
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WF. Just unemployed or lazy young men and rabble rousers with time on their hands for trouble, aided by seniors in corruption and graft. Unhealthy with malaria and diseases, no wonder there have been few tourists in the past 30 years. The knowledgable ones stayed away. The Brits handed over a going concern at Independance, but local management and the above have reduced the economy to basket case status. Beautiful, mostly extinct volcanic islands, and coral lagoons, being stripped of resources by mainly South-east Asian businessmen. Pity about the one-talk system, any individual with a bit of drive and nous gets pulled back into the clan and is expected to support the lazy. Works at an International level too, the World owes them a living and Aid payments, so they can continue this way. Poor Souls. And for many it is God's will, and don't ask key people in the local international airline to work on a sabbath either. Without expats the place would have totally collapsed years ago. It is a collection of jealous tribal groups on very seperate and different islands, not really a Nation as is normally thought.
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