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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (12275)	12/30/2001 4:57:58 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

Are there minorities in Bangladesh? Yup, I know a lot of Hindu Bangladeshis. Who represses them? Muslim fundamentalists and non-fundamentalists too. That's why they are all here and in the US :) It doesn't sound as though there would have been a lot of dancing music at that function Lots of good Indian food (specifically Bengali food) in a McHouse in the new suburb of Harcourt Hill. Though it wasn't just the after dinner activity that was gender segregated. I'm used to that from ultraorthodox Jewish circles though. OR the repressed minorities of Bangladesh I think you are wrong on that one given that half the population are Indians who claim to be oppressed by the Native Fijians. un-hedged dividend-paying gold shares They are big in Aussie land but shorting them would probably be considered rather un-patriotic. Ramsey Su says Hong Kongese see the world through a rose-coloured wallet Currently they seem a very gloomy lot. And it's not just Jay, I get the same impression from the media here. I think it is due to HKs declining role and importance since the handback to China. We're used to being unimportant in Hobbit-town and the Land of Oz. David