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One-third of Dutch people want to emigrate
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:23:11 +1000, Alan S wrote: On 14 Apr 2005 04:00:26 -0700, "Edmund Lewis" wrote: nitram wrote: One-third of Dutch people want to emigrate 13 April 2005 AMSTERDAM - A survey has indicated that 32 percent of Dutch people want to emigrate abroad and that just 51 percent are proud of the Netherlands. The survey by Amsterdam-based research bureau Signicom also found that 33 percent of Dutch nationals think that China will have greater power than the US and Europe combined in 10 years time. Some 443 people participated in the random sample survey, which also applied new techniques in which respondents were able to spontaneously give their reactions to certain subjects. This time the subject was the Netherlands and China. In the new method, called MindWorld, qualitative data is reproduced as quantitative data, in which age is also taken into account. And several aspects of the results subsequently come more prominently to the fore. The research indicated that Dutch people think more positively about China than they do the Netherlands. Some 46 percent of people think negatively about the Netherlands, compared with 35 percent for China. A large amount of the spontaneous reactions over the Netherlands were negative. This was due to political developments, multiculturalism, over-population, criminality and socially distant people. But there were also positive appraisals, such as freedom, Dutch national symbols and the landscape, newspaper 'De Telegraaf' reported on Wednesday. Negative aspects of China were its high population density, the large size of the country ?????? Mutually exclusive. The second prevents the first happening, despite China having a billion people. China is less crowded than virtually all of Western Europe: Netherlands: 385.3 people/sq km Belgium: 337.5 Britain: 245.1 Germany: 230.3 Italy: 191.4 Switzerland: 175.6 Luxembourg: 173.7 China: 133.5 France: 107.2 shown but this does not include Martinique (354.5), Guadeloupe (269) and Reunion (286.6) which are part of France http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/i.../densite2.html Edmund I suspect there are a few more deserts in China:-) Of course, if population density, or lack of it, is what you're looking for, come on out. We've just announced an increase in immigration quota for skilled migrants. http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/stor...ic/1345325.inp Our density: Australia 2.5 Just don't stay in Sydney or Melbourne - or actually anywhere east of the Great Dividing Range. The real numbers are probably over 400 on the eastern seaboard and under 0.1 west of that. A PS for back-packers: http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/...251738840.html or http://tinyurl.com/56q4m "Backpackers can work longer in Australia April 14, 2005 - 9:10PM Australia has struck back at trans-Tasman rival New Zealand by moving to double the length of time backpackers can work down under. The strategic move follows an attempt by New Zealand in February to snatch the lucrative market out from under Aussie noses by giving backpackers the chance to work for up to two years. But the new Australian law, to come into effect on November 1, puts Australia and New Zealand on equal footing - in line with deals already in place in the United Kingdom. Under the new laws backpackers holding a one year working visa, who undertook three months of seasonal harvest work, would now be able to apply for a second visa." Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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