In practice, perfectly solid immigrants who earn the median salary and keep their noses clean will be kicked out.

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Many now use elegant long spoons made only in Japan for mixing drinks, and several have even adopted the Japanese practice of carving perfectly round ice balls.

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In practice - and for perfectly innocent reasons - other staff are sometimes given access to check that the right papers have been sent.

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The New York Times also admits that the legal status of the practice is subject to interpretation and those interpretations run the gamut from perfectly legal to totally illegal.

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Lack of practice exacerbates the mistakes because players lose the touch that comes with a perfectly repeatable stroke.

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Mr Singh denies this practice amounts to any sort of spying, and says in the Indian cultural context it is perfectly ethical.

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