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To: TobagoJack who wrote (68438)	11/21/2010 9:40:08 AM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217942

Tracts of Auckland are increasingly looking like parts of Hong Kong. Not all stores bother with english signs. Not all houses occupied by recent migrants, though the Auckland Grammar high school roll is increasingly Chinese of recent migrants. The criminal propensity of Chinese migrants is about ten orders of magnitude greater than dinkum NZ Chinese. Migrants these days murder each other with knives and what have you, hiding the bodies in car boots, suitcases and what have you. But they can't compete with Maoris and Polynesians who remain the champions. Is it good for New Zealand? It depends on the definition of "New Zealand". Even Zimbabwe has its good points. While I haven't been there, I dare say life is quite good there if not dependent on earning a living. I bet the government isn't making lots of silly laws about each tiny aspect of one's life. The air would be much cleaner than in Hong Kong. One could ride a bicycle without being run over by hordes of cars. Overall, it would be good for NZ to NOT look like Hong Kong, Beijing. But neither is it good for it to look like New Zealand. Importing Hong Kong's tax laws would be a good idea. Selling Tradable Citizenships would be a good idea. Giving them to existing citizens would also be good. Having the individual own the state instead of the reverse would be a great improvement in the human condition. The democracies are sort of part way there. Unfortunately, most people are not engineers, unlike the rulers of China, and neither are the politicians, so the democratic world is run badly. Mqurice