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1. Lifestyle - Family & Education - LEARNING CURVE

   Learning Curve: bilingual education for the IB diploma

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am by Anjali Hazari

   ... Lifestyle Family & Education International Baccalaureate Bilingual Education Anjali Hazari familypost@scmp.com Parents recently came to me with some interesting questions about ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1156124/learning-curve-bilingual-education-ib-diploma
2. Bilingual model opens students' minds

   Posted Jan 11th 2010, 12:00am by Wilson Lau

   ... Cognition Education Bilingual Education Wilson Lau In the era of globalisation, a bilingual co-teaching model has been adopted to help students better understand world affairs. It also promotes the development of fluency and proficiency in the language of instruction, and in a second target language. Several international schools in Hong Kong have adopted this model from early ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/703300/bilingual-model-opens-students-minds
3. Comment - Blogs

   Love thy neighbour? Hong Kong ranks low on racial tolerance

   Posted May 16th 2013, 04:04pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... The Washington Post bases its article and map, was mistranslated. In fact, Hong Kong may be one of the most racially tolerant places because of inverted results. The Reddit user writes: The correct result should be: In Hong Kong 78.1% found it acceptable to have different race neighbours, while less than 20% found it acceptable to have drunks, emotionally unstable and drug addicts ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1238963/love-thy-neighbour-hong-kong-ranks-low-racial-tolerance
4. Comment - Blogs

   Landmark ruling for transsexual echoes far and wide

   Posted May 13th 2013, 08:53pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... of the EU and Canada. The Wall Street Journal 's China Realtime Report  also quoted a gay rights advocate, who said: “It’s quite absurd that Hong Kong has maintained an obsolete position for so long,” said Law Yuk-kai, who heads the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. The story also appeared in Spanish on the news site Emol in Santiago, Chile, and on Panorama in Venezuela. Reaction ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1236966/landmark-ruling-transsexual-echoes-far-and-wide
5. Comment - Blogs

   Diaoyus dispute encapsulates the Hong Kong identity crisis

   Posted May 05th 2013, 07:48pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... for Defending the Diaoyu Islands, who last year sailed from Hong Kong to plant a Chinese national flag on isles also claimed by Japan. According to the article, the Diaoyu/Senkaku island dispute ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1230746/diaoyus-dispute-encapsulates-hong-kong-identity-crisis
6. Comment - Blogs

   Milk powder beats out heroin in smuggling arrests - huh?

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 11:33am by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... Comment Blogs Milk powder Baby formula Heroin Hong Kong customs Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com Bloomberg takes an odd angle on milk-powder smuggling in Hong Kong. " Milk smugglers top heroin courier arrests in Hong Kong " But isn’t that comparing apples with oranges? Clamping down on an illegal addictive substance requires a different operation than enforcing limits ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1225850/milk-powder-beats-out-heroin-smuggling-arrests-huh
7. News - Hong Kong - ARTS

   'Friendly' Rubber Duck makes a splash in Hong Kong

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 09:50am by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... installation has made it to Hong Kong's waters after waddling around the world, in Sydney, Auckland, Osaka, Sao Paulo, Hasselt and other places. The 16.5-metre-high Rubber Duck will be bobbing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1222646/friendly-rubber-duck-makes-splash-hong-kong
8. Comment - Blogs

   The American doctor is in, to do a bird flu check-up

   Posted Apr 21st 2013, 09:11pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... Comment Blogs H7N9 avian flu Bird Flu HKEye Smog Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com Hong Kong is paid a visit by Dr Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor in the US. Other stories: Spotify, iPhone 5, smog and ArtWalk As the avian flu outbreak spread on mainland China last week, Hong Kong was paid a visit by Dr Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1220072/american-doctor-do-bird-flu-check
9. Comment - Blogs

   Nothing but sceptics on Occupy Central idea

   Posted Apr 15th 2013, 05:14pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... behind Occupy Central - Benny Tai Yiu-ting , Chu Yiu-ming , Chan Kin-man and others - a few non-Hong Kong media looked at the bigger picture. Plans for Occupy Central , a civil disobedience movement planned for July 2014 to advocate universal suffrage, have led Beijing supporters “to warn that civic disruption could harm Hong Kong’s status as a leading centre for business in Asia”, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1215267/nothing-sceptics-occupy-central-idea
10. Comment - Blogs

    Britain did a good job with Hong Kong for the world, said Margaret Thatcher (video)

    Posted Apr 09th 2013, 07:46pm by Hong Kong Around the World

    ... Comment Blogs Margaret Thatcher Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com The death of the former British prime minister has triggered much reminiscing in Hong Kong and about Hong Kong. Just wonder that do Hong Kong citizens hate Margaret Thatcher?She's the one gave away Hong Kong to Beijing, a historical decision. — Harrington Zhang (@harringtonzhang) April 9, 2013 But an Italian news ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1210917/britain-did-good-job-hong-kong-world-says-margaret-thatcher-video

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