| Brunei
is a small country in East Asia and its wealth comes from its oil and gas, which
it sells to Japan. There are only 230,000 people
to share this money, giving everybody a high income. The
Sultan and his brothers are the government. In spite
of all this, he is very shy and still looks like a schoolboy. He
finds it difficult to concentrate for more than two minutes, so if you have something
to tell him, you have to tell him quickly in a few words. His
first wife is Bruneian and his second wife is a mixture of Bruneian, Japanese
and English blood. As a Moslem, he is allowed four
wives if he wants, but seems to be content with two. He
and his two families all live happily together in the luxurious new palace. With
all this money, is he a happy man? Nobody asks him
that. |