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Daily
Mail,
Saturday,
October
22,
1988
Asians
mean
business
in
book
of
fame
THE
hard-working
immigrants
from
Asia
have
written
a
new
chapter
in
their
success
story.
The
latest
edition
of
The
Asian
Directory
and
Who’s
Who
gives
more
than
200
new
entries
to
business
people
who
have
made
good
in
Britain.
It
is
the
first
time
so
many
from
the
world
of
commerce
have
appeared.
From
the
traditional
corner
shop
to
a
top
record
company,
the
Asian
business
community
is
making
its
mark
during
Britain’s
economic
revival.
There
are
now
said
to
be
more
than
200
Asian
millionaires
in
this
country
–
Indians,
Kenyans,
Burmese,
Pakistanis
and
Bangladeshis.
When
Asian
Directory
editor
Jasbir
Sachar
began
the
book
13
years
ago
he
struggled
to
find
200
leading
figures
from
the
immigrant
community,
and
none
were
businessmen.
This
year
he
could
choose
from
2,000
names
for
720
places.
Reflects
‘It
just
reflects
the
enormous
success
of
the
Asian
business
community
in
Britain
during
the
last
decade,’
said
Mr
Sachar
at
the
launch
of
the
new
edition
last
night.
‘They
are
a
flourishing
section
of
the
community,
and
nearly
all
enjoy
millionaire
lifestyles,
with
huge
houses
and
big
cars.’
One
new
addition
is
40-year-old
mother
of
two
Sujata
Jolly,
who
heads
her
own
thriving
beautician
and
health
club
business
in
Maidenhead,
Berkshire,
after
arriving
in
Britain
20
years
ago
as
a
recently-qualified
chemist.
‘I
worked
for
12
years
with
large
companies
as
a
research
chemist
but
I
found
I
wasn’t
enjoying
the
rewards
I
thought
I
was
entitled
to,’
she
said.
‘There
was
only
one
answer
for
it,
to
set
up
my
own
business.
That
was
in
1982,
and
I’ve
never
been
happier
than
I
am
now.
Sujata,
Kenyan
born,
has
clients
from
Scandinavia
and
throughout
Britain
for
her
latest
Hi-lines
treatment,
a
£500-a-time
permanent
eye-liner
which
enhances
the
facial
features.
Another
newcomer
is
Ramesh
Bedi,
Indian-born
associate
director
with
CBS
Records.
At
51,
he
has
climbed
the
ladder
after
arriving
in
Britain
as
a
young
accountant
in
the
early
1960s.
He
takes
a
keen
interest
in
young
Asians
trying
to
break
into
the
pop
world.
The
secret
of
his
success,
he
said,
was
to
‘work
hard,
make
plans,
set
targets,
and
go
for
them’.
He
said
Asians
were
generally
‘hard-working
and
law-abiding’.
But
the
annual
Asian
of
the
Year
award
did
not
go
to
a
businessman.
It
went
to
Britain’s
first
Asian
MP,
Keith
Vaz,
the
Aden-born
solicitor
elected
to
represent
Leicester
East
at
the
last
election.
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