The Chinese University of Hong Kong is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and will confer honorary doctorates on seven distinguished persons at its 60th Congregation to be held on Thursday, 4 December 2003. Dr Edgar W K Cheng, Chairman of the Council of CUHK, will preside at the Congregation.

　　The seven honorary graduands are Dr Raymond KWOK Ping Luen, distinguished entrepreneur, leader in Hong Kong's property sector and Vice-Chairman of the Council of CUHK; Professor the Honourable Arthur K C LI, Secretary for Education and Manpower, and the former Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Mr Anthony Francis NEOH, Senior Counsel and Chief Adviser to the China Securities Regulatory Commission; Professor JAO Tsung-I, world-renowned scholar in Chinese and Oriental Studies, Wei Lun Honorary Professor of Fine Arts and Emeritus Professor of Chinese Language and Literature of CUHK; Professor YU Kwang Chung, famous Chinese scholar, poet, and a former teacher of CUHK; Professor LU Yongxiang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, PRC and President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and Professor Reinhard SELTEN, Nobel Laureate in Economics 1994 and Professor Emeritus of Economics of the University of Bonn, Germany.

　　Dr KWOK, Professor LI and Mr NEOH will each be conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. Professor JAO and Professor YU will be conferred the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa. Professor LU will receive the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. Professor SELTEN will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa.

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