Top molecular geneticist Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming has been recommended by a search committee of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to be its next president, the varsity’s council announced in an internal email.
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Confirming the Post’s earlier report, the council said three sessions would be arranged for Lo to meet students, staff and alumni of CUHK on Thursday, followed by a council’s special meeting on Friday to consider the recommendation made by the search committee.
In an email titled “Search for the Next Vice-Chancellor – Engagement Session” seen by the Post, Amelia Wong, secretary of the CUHK’s council, said Lo was recommended by the committee to be appointment as the university’s vice-chancellor.
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“Professor Lo is a renowned scholar with outstanding academic and research accomplishments,” she wrote.
If the recommendation for the appointment is accepted, Lo will succeed Professor Rocky Tuan Sung-chi as president and vice-chancellor from January.
