Wednesday, July 11, 2007

`Manhattan Ladies' Fight for Hong Kong School Slots as China Trade Booms

(Bloomberg) -- Judy Carline helps expatriates settle
in after they've transferred to Hong Kong. These days, she spends
most of her time helping anxious parents who are trying to get
their kids into international schools.

``This year is particularly bad,'' says Carline, a real
estate agent at Savills Plc. There are more of ``these bankers,
between 35 and 42, with young children. These days, people think
their 3-year-olds are going to Harvard. The Manhattan ladies, they
are the worst. They work themselves into a state.''


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