This trend could send shivers down the spine of students from China who, having been educated in schools that emphasise rote learning, tend to excel in exams.
One reason the SAT is losing its credibility among US tertiary institutions is the number of cheating scandals involving the test in recent years.
In 2015, more than 10 Chinese nationals were swept up in a federal investigation of a Pittsburgh-based cheating ring. The students were accused of paying up to US$6,000 for others to sit the exam for them.
Tycoon Li Ka-shing's grandson arrived in Hong Kong with his mother, the first time seven-month-old Ethan Li Cheung-chi has been in the city. Actress-singer Isabella Leong Lok-sze and her San Francisco-born son travelled to Hong Kong on Richard Li Tzar-kai's private plane three weeks ago, the Chinese- language press has reported.
Leong's publicist, Michelle Loo, confirmed they were in the city.
Richard Li said: 'Thank you all for the regards. We would like to wish everyone peace and happiness in this festive season.
UBTech Robotics, China’s biggest manufacturer of educational and humanoid robots, climbed almost 1 per cent on the first day of trading in Hong Kong, after raising HK$1 billion (US$130 million) of proceeds in the city’s final initial public offering of the year.
The stock closed at HK$90.85 on Friday, versus its offer price of HK$90, giving the Shenzhen-based company trading under 9880 code a HK$38 billion market capitalisation. The Hang Seng Index was little changed at a four-week high, ending the year with a 14 per cent loss.
The road winds its way around a forested hillside before a clearing in the foliage reveals the unmistakable profiles of Asian elephants – some of the park’s 114 – silhouetted against the glow of the sun. My fellow travellers chorus a gasp.
After a cup of hill-tribe-farmed coffee, guide Sophon “Home” Nanthawan shows me around. To my surprise, no barriers separate man and beast; only the banyan trees are shielded from harm, by stone circles.
In a Hong Kong store of one of the world’s largest official Rolex retailers, the shop assistant shakes his head. He regrets he has absolutely no stainless steel men’s Rolex sports watches to sell.
No Rolex Daytonas, or Rolex Sea-Dwellers or even the basic Oyster Perpetual, the entry-level Rolex still nominally in production. None of the massive chain’s other outlets has any of these models either, he says, and no, there’s no waiting list.