Month: December 2016

Sudoku is easy －：－ 数独游戏是容易的

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  Let’s see the logic of the Francis’ Rules This morning we are going to talk about Sudoku logic and how the Francis’ Rules can assist us to solve a Sudoku Challenge. Now let us take one example from NZ Herald’s daily Sudoku - an easy one - from Monday 16th February 2016. Please refer to the photo above for reference numbers. Rows are numbered 1 right through to 9. Columns are alphabetically referenced a right through to i. Boxes are referenced from Box # 1 at the top right-hand corner going from left to right until Box # 9 […]

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Aiming for an U-education may not serve your best interest - True or False? 大学课程有用吗？

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New Zealand’s population is small - that is a fact. New Zealand’s secondary school students have very narrow views of career opportunities outside the traditional professionals of accountancy, legal and medical fields - now, is this a fact? New Zealand as a country has no manpower planning - now, is this another fact? The population size in New Zealand now is roughly the same as that of Singapore’s in the 1980’s. But, Singapore leaders in the 1980’s had a vision - a vision to spread the country’s top talents around all fields of specialization such that top scholars had been “coerced” […]

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Lessons from The President Elect Trump －：－从下任总统特朗普可以学得怎么教训呢？

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I wrote on Donald Trump on 31st July 2016 inviting you to help me ghost-write the inaugural speech of the 45th President Donald Trump. You thought this to be a joke and failed to respond. I wrote again on Donald Trump on 11th October 2016 in another page entitled “Trump - Triumphant?” Still not a single one of my friends out there responded. Now I am writing again, immediately after Trump had won the Presidential race and is now confirmed as the next President of the United States of America. This time, I am writing on the lessons we can […]

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Age Discrimination? 有年龄歧视吗？

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Age discrimination is more noticeable in the occidental world. When you have aged, there is a tendency for your office colleagues to consider your opinion as “outdated” and you in the office can be “replaced” by two younger persons to do your job, albeit less efficiently, but the savings in cost appear to override this “apparent” inefficiency. My own experience in life tells me that very few, if any, believe that a seventy-six year-young person, can still “drive”, can still be “alert” and “sharp” in his/her mind and can still contribute meaningfully to society. In fact, that same seventy-something person […]

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