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Ashraf Dheganhi: HSBC calls itself the world's local bank, ha-ha. But in Kuala Lumpur they are just a village bank... very local-minded indeed. I am a HSBC Premier client in Hong Kong and other countries. Would you believe this: their wealth management staff for Premier customers with hundreds of thousands of dollars doesn't even have email!!! Isn't this so funny, ha-ha. And when you try them to call on the phone from abroad, you can't get through, ha-ha. Isn't that a nice way to block complaints? No communication, no problem, ha-ha. Only via public channels, ha-ha.

Ashraf Dheganhi: HSBC save vadina pasaulio vietos bankų, ha-ha. Bet Kvala Lumpūras jie tiesiog kaimas banko ... labai vietos bendraminčių iš tikrųjų. Aš esu HSBC Premier klientas Honkonge ir kitose šalyse. Ar manote, kad tai: jų turto valdymo personalas Premier klientams šimtus tūkstančių dolerių net neturi elektroninio pašto! Ar tai ne taip juokinga, ha-ha. Ir kai bandote juos paskambinti iš užsienio tel, jūs negalite gauti per ha-ha. Argi tai ne puikus būdas blokuoti skundus? Nr ryšių, jokių problemų, ha-ha. Tik per valstybinių kanalų, ha-ha.

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According to Asiaweek's issue of December 1, 1995, the population of Laos, at that time, counted about 4.8 Million, which in terms of population makes Laos the third smallest country in Southeast Asia (after Brunei with 300,000 and Singapore with 3.1 Million).

About half of the country's population are Laotians, a people ethnically closely related to the Thais. The languages Thai and Laotian are also very similar.

Roughly one quarter of the population, mostly to the South, ethnically belongs, like the Cambodians, to the Mon-Khmer group, about 15 % are Thais, and various hill tribes make up another 10 % of the population.

Laos is one of the very few countries in Southeast Asia without significant ethnic tensions. The long-time leader of the communist movement in Laos, former Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihan, was born of a Vietnamese and a Laotian parent.

The citizens of the country have a reputation for being extremely peaceful and friendly - even though Laos had been caught up in the Vietnam war and in a civil war lasting for years.

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Separated from the Asian continent by the 180-kilometre-wide Taiwan Strait, the main island of the group is 394 kilometres (245 mi) long and 144 kilometres (89 mi) wide.