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November 16, 2003
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Kampong Ayer, Brunei
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1998
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Michael S. Yamashita
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"If [Bruneian 'water village'] residents lose their homes to fires, they may move downstream to government-subsidized housing, part of a welfare system that helps the royal family stay in power but is financed by a diminishing supply of petroleum."
—From "South China Sea: Crossroads of Asia," December 1998, National Geographic magazine
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