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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Held its 61st Congregation
¡@¡@Professor Lawrence J. Lau was appointed by the Council of the University as the sixth Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 2004. The four honorary graduates are Professor Lao Yung-wei (Lao Sze-kwang), renowned philosopher, Professor of Philosophy, Huafan University in Taiwan and Academician of Academia Sinica; Dr Yang Liwei, the Chinese astronaut who commanded China's first manned space flight; Professor Sir James A. Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 1996, and Distinguished Professor-at-Large of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Dr William Mong Man Wai, Chairman and Senior Managing Director of Shun Hing Group. ¡@¡@Professor Lao was conferred the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa. Dr Yang received the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. Sir James and Dr Mong was each awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa. ¡@¡@At the Congregation, besides the four honorary doctorate degrees, a total of 5,026 degrees were conferred. These include 5 Doctor of Medicine degrees, 154 Doctor of Philosophy degrees, 1 Doctor of Music degree, 6 Doctor of Education degrees, and 2,126 postgraduate students received their Master's degree. 2,734 were awarded Bachelor's degree which included 385 Bachelor of Arts, 509 Bachelor of Business Administration, 114 Bachelor of Education, 405 Bachelor of Engineering, 152 Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 85 Bachelor of Nursing, 31 Bachelor of Pharmacy, 12 Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, 535 Bachelor of Science and 506 Bachelor of Social Science.
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