Nature Versus Nurture

30 Sep 2012

The Olympic Isle on opening night in July was full of sweet noises and good intentions. But beneath the fantasy a sewer ran, diverted but untamed: the spectre of doping. And not just doping,...

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Mind your language

12 Nov 2007

Business leaders say Hong Kong must do more to nurture a skilled workforce with better language skills. What can be done to equip students for a highly competitive work environment? Write to us....

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Slight differences are crucial

22 Feb 2001

Your editorial of February 12 headlined, 'Biological myths exposed', asserts that a comparison of human and chimpanzee genes is likely to reveal 'the differences between man and other primates are...

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Clean election

12 Nov 1999

The anti-graft body says it wants to nurture a lifelong culture of clean elections.

A proposed campaign will stress the importance of clean voting, whether it is students choosing a...

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Are people born boring?

13 Apr 1997

NO There's a scientist out there, in that strange and wacky world of genetics, who claims to have isolated the bit of DNA which can determine whether somebody is likely to be born boring. I simply...

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Child victim

24 May 1994

THE decision to remove Hai Ho-tak from his parents and siblings violates a fundamental principle and must be reversed. The innocent should not be made to suffer for the errors of others.

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