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Schooling
Hong Kong: Much needed new international school places
The Hong Kong Education Bureau has announced that three vacant school premises in Hong Kong have been allocated to successful school operators for developing a clutch of much-needed new international ...
Property
Weak pound ‘will attract overseas investors to London till 2018’
The weak pound is making property in prime central London even more attractive to foreign investors seeking a safe haven, and will continue to do until 2018, according to the latest edition of Knigh...
Careers
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Inspirational stories brought to your living room
Does progress made in small steps add up to innovation, or is innovation the blockbuster breakthrough that opens paths of new discovery? That's a topic to spice up dinner with your partner tonight, wri...
Finance
Banking in Asia Pacific: The need for Mandarin
British bankers that want to get onto shortlists for jobs in both Hong Kong and Singapore will now struggle to do so unless they have Mandarin language skills, according to a specialist recruitment fi...
Health
Is taking calcium linked to heart disease?
In the past few years there have been many headlines related to the potential side-effects of taking calcium pills, particularly for women. Last week, the Daily Mail reported that ' women with high cal...
International
Switzerland could introduce EU immigrant quotas
Reports in Switzerland suggest that the country’s government is currently considering placing a temporary limit on the number of EU immigrants allowed to enter the country each year.
Although Swi...
Parents and Family
Nurturing bilingual babies in the womb
A breakthrough American study shows babies come into the world with a head-start in speaking the language that mum 'teaches' them in the womb, and when dad has a different mother-tongue the conversati...
Lifestyle
New interactive map points book-lovers to literary landmarks around the UK
Whether Lenin ever set foot in Letchworth is a moot point, but many of Britain's cities, towns, villages and beauty spots can confidently claim close associations with notable literary figures.
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Proposed immigration checks for tenants: landlords face ‘real threat’ of fines
Landlords and managing agents are being warned that they face a “real threat” of fines if new...