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...counselor Susan Kim says Turre was not the only standout student in her class, but she certainly deserved her acceptance. "She has done so much more than can be expected of one person," Kim says. Yet as a Korean-American, Kim worries that "you really have to be a superboy or girl as an Asian applicant to be accepted." And with Harvard's record 16,500-plus rejections this year--including all of Van Nuys High's applicants--getting into Harvard isn't any easier, Kim fears. From the counseling office at Van Nuys, she says: "I'm asking...
...Hong Kong, but only one Li Ka-shing. Li is a billionaire and a major player in the real estate market, and in retail, telecommunications and power generation. His port operation handles 30% of Hong Kong's trade. His nickname in the press is Superman. Now comes Superboy: Li's son Richard, 33. Last month, Richard took over Cable & Wireless HKT, the territory's telecom giant, using an Internet company he started only 11 months ago called Pacific Century CyberWorks. The deal, valued at $38 billion, was Asia's biggest takeover ever...
...have clearly seen the future in the New Economy and are staking out big claims. The intriguing question about Superman and Superboy: Are they working as a team or as future competitors? Much is made in the Hong Kong press of Richard's attempts to step out of his father's shadow; of how he was passed over in favor of elder brother Victor, now 35, as heir apparent to the Li empire; and of the differing styles of father and son. The father is reclusive, cordial, traditional and lives in the same house he bought...
...Hong Kong's telecom licenses expire in 2006, and the decision on whose gets renewed will surely be made in Beijing. That's why HKT chose Richard, the analysts say--because Li Ka-shing's clout in China will smooth the way. To others, however, it looks like Superboy is perfectly capable of flying...
...maybe, in his major address on education reform last week, he articulates a vision of a state where "the superintendent of Riverdale, where Archie, Veronica, Betty and Jughead lived, for example, could also assume management of Smallville, home of Superboy...