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Old April 15th, 2005, 02:30 AM
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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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