The ideal kingdom of Brunei happiness flowers blooming Oriental Venice

There is a small country, land area of 5000 square kilometers (less thanTaiwan1/6), a population of only about 400000; here the wealth of the country, the national tax, the domestic education and medical fee is free; as long as the burden of national construction fee you can have your own house, almost everyone has a car; hereditary Sultan is the supreme ruler of his country, whether it is the political, economic, military, culture, diplomacy, almost he is a man; a man can have 4 wife...... In Borneo's Brunei has too much out of the ordinary magic.

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Envious, jealous and hateful

Everyone is going to drive the street taxi bus rare

Brunei full name is "Brunei Darussalam", is a constitutional monarchy in 1984, completely out ofBritainIndependence, Sultan was the supreme ruler of the hereditary. Before 1929, Brunei on gold, pepper, spices things to maintain the normal operation of the country.

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But in 1929 in seria (Seria) and Kia La (Muara) found a fertile field, depending on the output of a lot of oil and natural gas has created an economic miracle. The per capita income of up to more than $2, the national tax, the domestic education and medical fee is free, and most price enjoy state subsidies, so people here had a very abundance.

Brunei national citizens, need only 1 paper money (1 paper money equivalent to 5.5 yuan), on the whole package of all of the overhead of the doctor, in addition to including hospitalization, operation, medicine, we often know the concept, including: if the patient requires treatment abroad, countries will also be responsible for some of the cost of air tickets, including all medical care.

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Especially admirable is, in addition to education free of charge, admitted to Brunei university students, each month and 400 dollars in subsidies, 50 yuan of which still provides students with the "money", because they are driving to school, to hear this, we as tourists, the envy envy hate ah!

FromHongkongAfter three hours flight arrived in Brunei, is already in the evening, but Brunei road rarely see pedestrians. The tour guide Xiao Yu tells us, here every household has at least 4, 5 cars, everyone go out driving, so few people. Here, you can hardly see a bus or a taxi, because there is no demand.

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The small Yu make fun of say, if she put us on the side of the road, over two hours to come back, we must still "marking time", "because you couldn't find public transport; if the night a man walking on the street, most likely will become the very next day newspaper news." Sounds like an exaggeration, but also from another side that the country's prosperity.

Of course, if the tourists need to take a taxi, it can still, just need to book in advance. In Brunei days, we are just the most advanced in Brunei Empire Hotel lucky to see a car, the group members also specially run to take a "onlookers".

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