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Issue: March 22, 2007 (Archive)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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Freshman tips - for the parents It's the time of year when parents are slowly untying the apron strings to send their children off to university. Laurie Hamre, the vice president for student affairs at Macalester College in Minnesota, gives tips for parents facing this change. Precious catch Eric Chen Zixiang stands out from his peers.While other manufacturing engineering graduates look for openings at multinational companies, Chen is banking on a tiny fish to bring him big rewards. An Asian dilemma Each time the Hang Seng Index plunges in response to the Dow Jones, people talk about the need for the Hong Kong currency to break away from its US dollar peg. The link is a sore point among those who think Asia should be independent of the United States. English summers Every summer, university of Manchester student Lisa Chan Lai-san flies into Hong Kong. The first time, she spent the vacation with family and friends. The second time, she worked with children she did not know - as a volunteer teacher at a summer camp organized by AccessHK. English lessons for summer Children can maximize their summer school holidays by boning up on their English. MBA imperative MBA programs are proving to be more indispensable in these times of financial and corporate austerity, offering better job opportunities and increasing the competitiveness of graduates. A way with words Essays have always been a trial by fire and an educational rite of passage for self-respecting students the world over. Try expressing yourself in a language that is not your own on an issue that is entirely alien to you, and you begin to have a sense of the angst gripping Hong Kong's secondary students the eve before their English-language essay is due. Study by numbers Those aspiring to be professional accountants might be interested in Lingnan University's new Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy or Master of Accountancy program, which start on September 4 and 11 respectively. The normal study duration is one year part time for the diploma and two years part time for the Masters program. Football jargon Take advantage of the long hours spent watching World Cup matches to kick start your English. The British Council has launched World Cup English, a new section of its popular Premier Skills website. Special exchange This year, 39 Hong Kong and 38 Australian students will be swapping countries as part of the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong awards.

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