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High Rise Financial awarded Julia Perez, a senior at Advent Health University in Orlando, their inaugural Financial Education PSA Scholarship. The $1,500 prize was established as part of their effort to help young adults gain a solid understanding of economic fundamentals. According to the Standards & Poor’s Rating Services Global Financial Literacy Survey, only 57% of U.S. adults are financially literate. Tasked with writing a 500-word public service announcement (PSA) to counter this trend, Perez focused her piece on maintaining good credit. In her PSA, she likened a person’s credit score to their resume. “Most people use their resume as ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs adopts Chinese-style foot drill for passing-out parade (with photos/video) ******************************************************************************************      ​The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr Hermes Tang, inspected the passing-out parade, including a Chinese-style flag-raising ceremony and foot drill performance, for the 129th-132nd Customs Inspector Induction Courses and the 475th-478th Customs Officer Induction Courses held by Hong Kong Customs at the Hong Kong Customs College today (October 19).      Speaking at the passing-out parade, Mr Tang said the department has taken the lead in adopting the Chinese-style foot drill to perform the parade by all of the graduates. This has broken new ground in the passing-out parades ... Read more