Writing

Secret to writing well lies in learning to think and feel

24 Dec 2012

Why can't Hong Kong students write well in English? I've been asked this question so many times that I've long given up trying to come up with an answer and have learnt instead to look at the...

8:33AM

See if you have the write stuff

25 Apr 2012

'The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it'

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) - British politician and novelist

Writing is something...

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An architect with a song in his heart

13 Apr 2012

In ancient China, poetry was like song: Tang (619-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasty poems were often accompanied by music and performed at banquets and other gatherings.

12:35PM

Writing legibly still counts

4 Mar 2012

My son's handwriting is terrible and he is in Primary Four. I know things have changed since I was at school, but surely neat writing is still important.

9:07AM

Warp speed

22 Feb 2012

Is it unforgiveable, not to mention fraudulent, for students to hire ghostwriters to write undergraduate essays? It is. But, then again, so is the multibillion-dollar college admissions industry...

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Straight from the heart

14 Feb 2012

It's that time of year again when romance is in the air. Despite the trend for all things do-it-yourself, composing love letters is not the 'hip' thing to do any more.

7:22AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

5 comments

4:27AM

We need to bust the ghostwriters

Improvements in higher education have, ironically, played a part in the growth of the trade in fake credentials. As employers ask for ever-higher qualifications, dodgy organisations known as...

7:16AM

Who wrote the essay?

HONG KONG - Students condemned the hiring of ghostwriters after a Hong Kong-based company was found selling academic papers to university students worldwide.

6:54AM

Anger at online essay service

Lawmakers are calling for police to investigate the 'unforgivable fraud' of a company based in Hong Kong that sells academic papers to university students worldwide.

6:51AM

Academic ghostwriting a 1 billion-yuan industry

The problem of students paying someone else to write their academic papers is all too familiar on the mainland - and it is being driven by a thriving industry.

6:50AM

Key strategies help unlock creative minds

My son is quite a good writer and likes reading, but he tells me he really dislikes creative writing. He puts very little effort into it, and his stories and poems don't reflect his writing...

6:42AM

Greet expectations

It's the last shopping day before Christmas, and the clock is ticking. Luckily for the complacent, forgetful and downright slothful among us, we still have time to send a Christmas card.

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