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Applications to British universities have risen by 6.7 per cent over the same period last year, says the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. For five years running, the UK has been the top overseas study destination for Hong Kong students.
 

Olympic gymnastics champion Marcel Nguyen will meet students of the German programme at the University of Hong Kong on January 29. He will share his experiences and communicate with the students in German.

In the 2012 London Games, Nguyen won double Olympic gymnastics silver medals and the first all-round gymnastics medal for Germany since the 1936 Summer Olympic Games held in Berlin.