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[kurupetos]

Actually you are right RichardB, if they haven`t welcomed the Brits this would be a turkish state now.
Hmmmm... find what you want ? Don`t really understand...
The definition of developed country for me means something else, but ok, everybody has it`s own viewing angle.
Cheers.

Huh???

[plonker]

The only real third world attribute in cyprus is the government offices and services.

They are mostly shit.

It is staffed by family members, who couldn't give a toss, who are not accountable to anyone, who are not result orientated and are basically F rude to everyone unless you are a relative.

Not to mention having to wait months or even years for simple actions to take place.

My god they couldn't process a simple application of any kind if it came down and hit them on the head.

Otherwise, cyprus is well on the road to being fully developed, hopefully the government will follow suit.

I love it here, otherwise.

IMHO

So true... and so sad...

[free_cyprus]

cyprus has only been developed properly in the last 50 years, personaly speaking i wish they left cyprus as it was, undeveloped, and i wish the cypriots would develop their brains soo that we can all be clear about our identity.but unfortunatly they will take a few thousand more years, to get to that stage of human development when it comes to cyprus and cypriot thinking

[plonker]

Don`t be so pesimistic.
I think it will take about 10-15 years, until cypriots realise that they are not god given and that they will have to start to work seriously in order to catch up with the rest of Europe. Beeing a part of Europe is a privilege.

[free_cyprus]

plonker
cyprus will not catch up with anything we can have a cyprus that the buildings can be fantastic and it might even suprpass most european countries, but the mentality and ignorance of though they have regarding their identity, will need a few ore thousand years to catch up,

[Filitsa]

Big factors in determining "3rd world," "developing," or "developed" include the stability of the government, the population growth, the rate of disease, the poverty rate, and most telling, the literacy rate. The current literacy rate in Cyprus is somewhere around 97%. Here's an interesting site:

http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003 ... f_CYP.html

[free_cyprus]

Filitsa
there is a masive diferance between reading and writing and real education and i can tell you from my personal experiance of being a cypriot 99% of cypriots dont have education in the real sense of the word education, dont think for a second that going to univercity is real education in life lol if you think that then we are d efinatly doomed lol

[webbo]

[quote="plonker"]I will reply to this post like this if you don`t mind.

[quote="RichardB"]when I say I can find what I want I mean

All the things I need for my everyday life


4. Great sports facilities
- Agree.

How can you say 'great' when there are no rugby pitches (private yes,)on island even though its popularity is growing and fast!!

Bubbles x

[Filitsa]

free_cyprus, I think you are responding here to a question I asked you in another thread ("Is the Federation the Correct Solution?"). Nevertheless, you still haven't answered it, so I'll ask again: what do you mean by a "real" education (as opposed to a university education)?

[miltiades]

Filitsa
there is a masive diferance between reading and writing and real education and i can tell you from my personal experiance of being a cypriot 99% of cypriots dont have education in the real sense of the word education, dont think for a second that going to univercity is real education in life lol if you think that then we are d efinatly doomed lol

So real education is defined as the acquisition of the audacious distinction empowering one to categorise 99 % of Cypriots as ignoramus !!!
Lucky you mate !!