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Reuters - By James Pomfret - 11 April 2015 China to restrict visits by Shenzhen residents to Hong Kong - NPC deputy Visiting mainland Chinese families rest under an advertisement board at a shopping district in Hong Kong February 23, 2015. Reuters/Bobby Yip (Reuters) - China will limit visits by residents of the southern city... 

BBC News from Elsewhere - 1 April 2015 China Chinese officials are rushing to take driving lessons after the government cut spending on chauffeur-driven cars, it's reported. Many officials don't have driving licences because they've always been ferried to work by chauffeurs, but since the government targeted "wasteful spending"... 

I welcome the introduction of the Ministry of Education-Autonomous University (MOE-AU) scholarship to encourage more Singaporeans to pursue PhDs ("MOE to offer scholarship for budding academics"; Feb 3). However, I have doubts about the scholarship's efficacy. The MOE-AU scholarship provides for tuition fees and stipends over...