On Wednesday, just one week after the SAT cancellation notice in South Korea, 36 people were charged for illegal filming of English proficiency exams with spy cameras or for ordering the service, according to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

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Wayne Kong Yuk-shan, a branch officer at an Aeon office in the Central business district, says some 100 people, a number of them male, queued every day to apply for the pastel-pink card - and choose their free gift from a selection of Hello Kitty appliances. (These days, the giveaways are Kitty cup noodles and a cushion.) "Hong Kong people are very influenced by Japanese culture, so they like Kitty, " says Kong.

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The table to the right shows the total occupancy cost for the best office space in the central business district of 41 cities.

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From his penthouse office 70 stories above Central district, Li Ka-shing commands sweeping vistas of Hong Kong's fabled harbor on one side and its equally renowned Peak on the other.

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The pilot of a Cessna Citation plane preparing to land at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank suffered "vision impairment that lasted for hours" after the incident, according to a statement from the Office of the United States Attorney Central District of California.

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Hong Kong's Portico is located in a Citibank office block on the fringes of the Central financial district.

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Chicago's central business district has the second-largest concentration of office space in North America.

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EDGECLIFF, a five-story office complex, is 4 km from the Sydney Central Business District.

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Ouattara went to the scene of the stampede, in Plateau, the city's central business district, Tuesday and has ordered the government to take care of the injured, his office said.

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