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Month: Nov 2011

  • A colonial legacy?

    In today’s ESF, Alex Lo provides a reasonable summary of the issues but seems to have missed the point. No easy options for the ESF dilemma MY TAKE Alex Lo Nov 26, 2011 Negotiations between the government and the English Schools Foundation are going nowhere. The government wants to let go of the ESF, if…

  • Online madness

    Interesting article in the Guardian about the high prices for downloading movies.  Movie fans turn to piracy when the online cupboard is bare Downloaded movie prices are about 30% to 50% higher than buying an actual DVD. That's if you can find the film online Ask anyone who's studied copyright policy – scholars of music…

  • ESF vs EDB round 27

    The negotiations over the future of the ESF continue, but there seems to be some progress:  Deadlock over future ESF subsidies Rather than losing government funds, foundation wants amounts matching Direct Subsidy Scheme Dennis Chong Nov 23, 2011 Negotiations between the English Schools Foundation and the government over whether ESF schools should continue to receive…

  • Letter of the week

    They must be desperate at the SCMP to publish letters like this.  Serious implications for schools Alex Lo demonstrates an inability to handle the intrusion into management of religious schools ("God-awful fears freeze school reform", November 8). Without a firm foundation, he assumes the high ground in the conflict between religious schools and their forced…

  • Don’t drink the water

    Dilbert – 27 October 2011 Today’s news Japan MP Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks Fukushima water A Japanese official has drunk water collected from the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, after reporters challenged him to prove it was safe. Yasuhiro Sonoda appeared nervous and his hands shook as he downed a glass during a televised news conference.…