March 2004
Photo Features
The Great Moscow
Circus

Life in the circus is wonderful for Greg Hall, touring director of The
Great Moscow Circus. He shares with readers what goes on behind the
scenes.
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Periscope
Hong Kong students inferior
in languages
A survey by the Association of International Accountants
Hong Kong Branch found that 23 percent of local university students
cannot speak Mandarin, and 54 percent of firms think that Hong Kong
students’ English is merely average.Read
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Students: Hong Kong
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Policies on language
education
Policies on language education changed after the Handover. Two of the
most important were the application of the mother-tongue teaching from
1998 and the Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers from 2000.Read
the story
Costumes
and games to learn English
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Social Issues
Computer recycling
A mere $37 is all it costs to renew a computer and conserve
the environment.
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the story
Adopted child completes family
Adoption brings hope
to couples who are unable to have their own children.Read
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People
Bomb disposal expert
Bomb disposal officer Jimmy Yuen routinely risks his
life as part of his job. Read
the story
Tsao
Chip's love life
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Culture
and Leisure
Fishing villages
With modernization and reclamation, the harbors and fishing
villages in Hong Kong are drying up.Read
the story

(Cindy
Pat)
From clay to silver
Precious metal clay, a mix of silver powder, water and
clay, makes silversmithing easy..Read
the story

(Nickie
Wong)
Education and Campus Life
Hall patriotism
common at HKU
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