The Washington Times, November 14th, 2000
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - When President Clinton arrives in the tiny Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, he will find a country that no longer fits its image of a pampered, oil-rich potentate.
A speck on the northwest coast of Borneo, Brunei was once one of the wealthiest states in Asia, a place where oil deposits helped provide the country's 300,000 people with cushy jobs and made Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the absolute ruler, the world's richest man.
But in recent years Brunei has confronted several looming problems. The sultanat...
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