2011年11月3日星期四

There's double-digit growth continually coming out of China

This tug-of-war for talent makes it imperative for cities to provide broader V3 Rosetta Stone lifestyle incentives for globally mobile executives to stay."At the moment we're seeing quite a few issues with regards to Europe and the U.S.," said Richie Holliday with Morgan McKinley, a recruitment consultancy."A lot of candidates are expressing a lot more interest in Asia. There's a lot of growth here. There's double-digit growth continually coming out of China. We have a lot of new wealth in the region which is driving investment in asset management."Asia, with around half the world's total of nearly 6,000 international schools, is expected to drive growth in this sector in the next few years with school numbers expected to almost double globally by 2020 as demand surges, particularly amongst Asians opting for a broader, bilingual education."Almost two-thirds of the growth in schools and student numbers continues to be in Asia," said Nicholas Brummitt, who heads ISC Research, which tracks the sector. "Greatest demand continues to come from increasingly wealthy families in Asia (and) the Middle East."To tap the booming multi-billion Rosetta Stone languages dollar industry, a slew of prominent U.S. and U.K. schools are establishing Asia campuses. These include Wellington College in China, Branksome Hall in South Korea, Dulwich College in Abu Dhabi, Epsom College in Malaysia, Harrow in Hong Kong and even a Haileybury in Kazakhstan.Singapore, which vies with Hong Kong as a financial center, has also struggled to cater to swelling demand for places at international schools in the city state.But with locals largely barred from enrolling in international schools and local schools offering schooling in English and Chinese anyhow, its seen to be far more receptive to the schooling needs of foreigners than Hong Kong.HONG KONG VS SINGAPORESingapore's tight supply is also expected to ease with the opening of new sites, including the launch of a second campus by the popular United World College that charges around $25,000 in tuition fees per year, while Cognitas, a U.K. education group, will open a 2,750 place school next year.In space-starved Hong Kong, where land is among the most expensive in the Rosetta Stone Chinsese world, the government says it is trying to ease the supply bottleneck by allocating new greenfield sites and buildings that will create 5,000 school places in the next few years.

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