To petrol we owe the existence of the motor-car, which has replaced the private carriage drawn by the horse. To petrol we owe the possibility of flying.
Because of limited insurance coverage, many people will have to look to their own resources -- both emotional and financial -- to care for an infirm or recovering relative at home.
During the last six years, 44 of 60 scholarship winners have been the children of foreigners. the talent search, certainly in this decade, is a tribute as much to immigration as to education.
The new architectural styles have become powerful image makers overseas. Two stunning arrivals now gracing Hong Kong’s crowded skyline -- the privately-owned Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank building and Bank of China’s headquarters -- stand as monuments to the rival economic interests, cultures and ideologies that define the city.