He rich are different from you and I, but they still want to give their kids an allowance. So what do the world’s richest man’s kids do with their money? Melinda Gates came to TIME’s offices to talk about her new focus on women and children and especially on contraceptives, but she spilled some secrets about how she tries to get her kids to be purposeful with their money. This affects classroom size, teacher salaries, the quality of the physical plant, and available support for both the physical plant and the teachers themselves.
THEIR pocket money may be higher than the average worker’s salary, but doctors claim the territory’s rich kids lead shallow lives deprived of parental care. The plight of the affluent youth is part of a Hong Kong still strongly divided between rich and poor. While one young temporary housing estate tenant goes hungry during the day because she cannot afford to buy snacks, the territory’s rich children are addicted to golf and making friends at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
