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    When we moved to Riyadh in 1979 it was all a bit strange. There was no English language TV so we decided to buy a Betamax video and TV. We went down to the electronic souk, as it was known, browsed round a few shops but could not decide on a TV. The shop owner said, take these two, try them both out, bring back the one you don't want and pay me for the one you keep after the weekend. He had never seen us before, we were new arrivals to his country, yet he trusted us with what was at the time several hundred pounds' worth of kit.

    In a country where shoplifting is punished by amputation, people tend not only to be honest but to trust others as well. Lack of rigour in chasing up thieves leads to a contempt for law and order, and a contempt for other People's property. Somehow we need to reverse this in our country but sitting on the sidelines wringing our hands will not achieve anything.

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