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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Held its
The Chinese University of Hong Kong conferred honorary doctorates on six distinguished persons, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to academic and cultural advancement, socio-economic progress, the promotion of the well-being of the people, peaceful and steady development of the community, and the development of the University. They are: Dr Cheng Hoi-chuen, Vincent, distinguished banker and currently Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited; Professor King Yeo-chi, Ambrose, renowned sociologist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University; Professor Li Yihyuan, famous anthropologist, an Academician of Academia Sinica in Taiwan and Chairman of the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange; Dr Lien Chan, a statesman of eminence and Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang; Dr Richard J Roberts, eminent molecular biologist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1993; and Dr Wang Daohan, a most respected senior statesman, currently President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait. Professor Ambrose King, Dr Lien Chan and Dr Wang Daohan were conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. Dr Richard J Roberts received the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. Dr Vincent Cheng and Professor Li Yihyuan were each awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa. At the Congregation, besides the six honorary doctorate degrees, a total of 5,198 degrees were conferred. These included 8 Doctor of Medicine degrees, 175 Doctor of Philosophy degrees, 3 Doctor of Education degrees, and 2,370 postgraduate students received their Master’s degree. 2,642 were awarded Bachelor’s degree which included 409 Bachelor of Arts, 472 Bachelor of Business Administration, 70 Bachelor of Education, 360 Bachelor of Engineering, 1 Bachelor of Medical Sciences, 152 Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 103 Bachelor of Nursing, 29 Bachelor of Pharmacy, 18 Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, 527 Bachelor of Science and 501 Bachelor of Social Science.
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