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...sake of both Hong Kong and Beijing, the future political arrangements of the city need to be settled soon. The Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-1997 constitution, which is based on a Chinese agreement with Britain on the colony's handover, allows that direct elections for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council are Hong Kong's eventual goal. But the document does not specify a road map or timetable toward it. While China's leaders are committed to the Basic Law, they seem in no hurry to embrace direct elections. "They're anxious about moving too fast," says...
...TIME: What city do you benchmark Hong Kong against? TSANG: As an international financial center, there are only two global benchmarks for Hong Kong: New York and London. Other places cannot compare with us. You look at the basic fundamentals to be an international financial center. Dubai doesn't come into the [picture] at all. Singapore doesn't come into it. It still hasn't got the freedoms we enjoy. Benchmarks must be above you, ahead...
...they still contribute to his or her personal growth. A 16-year-old high-school dropout may already have the skills for a job, but his or her worldview and even capacity as an American citizen would be severely limited without studying staples like American history or basic physics. It is also very possible that a dropout would want to move on to bigger and better things as he or she ages. The same 16-year-old may someday want to turn a job in construction into a career in architecture, and yet lack the necessary background. By no means...
...rise and fall and rise again have given many Ghanaians--and many Africans--a more realistic understanding of what it will take to develop their continent's fragile fortunes than they had in the first flush of freedom. And it has left them with a deep appreciation of basic principles that others take for granted: stability, democracy, jobs...
...HRTV, the controversy surrounding “Love/Hate” brought to light one what is currently one of their greatest challenges.“While our programming is held to a higher standard because we’re at Harvard, we’re basically shooting all of these programs with three, very basic hand-held recreational cameras,” says Koenigs. “We don’t yet have the resources to meet those standards, but if we can get those resources we can really take off.”MAKING DOThe limited resources...