P R E S S R E L E A S E
16 October 2000
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong will confer honorary doctorates
on four distinguished persons at its 56th Congregation which will be held
on Thursday, 7 December, 2000. They are Mr
Lee Kuan Yew, Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
of the Republic of Singapore; Professor
Chen
Jiaer, President of the National Natural Science Foundation of
China and former President of Peking University; Dr
Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International and Founder
of the Soka University, Japan; and Dr
Tin Ka Ping, a successful entrepreneur and well-known philanthropist.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be conferred the degree of Doctor
of Laws, honoris causa. Professor Chen Jiaer will receive
the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. Dr Daisaku
Ikeda and Dr Tin Ka Ping will each be awarded the degree of
Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa.