Top molecular geneticist Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming has taken office as the ninth president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), pledging to enhance the institution’s international standing and work on its teaching, research and innovation.
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The new vice-chancellor and president also vowed on Wednesday to keep lines of communication open, draw on the university’s collective wisdom and lead it towards a more “sustainable and equitable” future.
Lo showed up at the campus at 8.45am and said he was “honoured” to take up the new position.
“After taking office today, the coming work is expected to be hectic. I will meet with the management team this week and later arrange to meet with faculty members, students and alumni,” he said.
“We are committed to enhancing the international standing of CUHK and make efforts in teaching, research, service and innovation.”
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The scientist added he had served CUHK for 27 years, calling the institution his “second home”.