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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good on you Selma! Very well said and point made! Instead of using 'second generation technology' as a term, I had said before in a couple of my postings; the same things that you are implying. "You do not have to re-invent the wheel" to progress! "Just go to advanced countries and see and learn how they have developed thru their own 'trial and errors'; then come and implement the same. But our people in authority, only go abroad for holiday jonts at tax payer's expense and do not really 'learn'. What a Pity and what a Shame! Look at China; progress all round. And (Sunith Velho, read here)China had independance after India, and no advantage of a highly developed English language either, except in Hong Kong; yet they are now giving competition and example to the world, and leading, and yet respected everywhere! See Ya! Nasci Caldeira Melbourne, Down Under. --- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to introduce into the topic, what we now > loosely and generically refer to as "third > generation > technology", to imply skipping the second > generation. > To this end, let me give the Gulf states as an > example. About 40 years ago, roughly around the time > Goa was liberated, most of the Gulf states were sand > and sea, known as protectorate territories of the > United Kingdom. People lived in, what were known as, > barastis (huts made of palm fronds), potable water > arrived on donkey-back, defecation took place on the > desert dunes, and food was goat milk, fish and > dates. > Formal education was non-existent. > > Within 40 years, these countries (emirates) have > transformed themselves into spanking cities, with > one > of the highest standards of living in the world. Not > only do they rank high in terms of per capita income > (thanks to oil which they had and, commerce and > tourism which they very systematically developed), > with an enviable infrastructure both soft > (information > technology, communication, etc) and hard (roads, > power, etc) but most of them fall in the top 10-20 > cleanest cities in the world. > > The reason is simple. We don't always have to go > through second generation technologies and obsolete > models of governance and administration to reach the > level that would make us functional in the 21st > century. We can bypass all that and import > third-generation technologies from other states and > countries if need be. > > Let's take our Goan roads as an example. Why is it, > that even when new ones are being built they are > structurally obsolete? Why not import technology if > we > have to, and get it right. The structural design of > roads in Goa is one of the major reasons for traffic > accidents and yet the new ones are as traffic > unfriendly as the old ones. Furthermore, their > capacity will outstrip traffic flow within 2 to 4 > years. It boggles the mind. > No, I think Goa is a case in mismanagement. What we > need is new blood in governance. > Selma > -------------------------------------------- > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > There are some despicable traits (specially leaving > > bodily wastes in > > public) that need to be changed but it will take > > time and education of the > > public to see the benefits. ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Fuel Price Watch: Find the cheapest petrol in your area http://au.maps.yahoo.com/fuelwatch/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org