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The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (Harvard SEAS) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 2, 2018 (Sunday) to set up a joint Laboratory for Instrumentation for Precision Medicine.

Officiating guests at the event:

• The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR
• Mr Nicholas W Yang, the Secretary for Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR Government;
• Mr Kurt W. Tong, Consul General of the United States to Hong Kong and Macau;
• Professor Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKU;
• Professor Christopher Chao, Dean of Engineering of HKU;
• Dr Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean for Education and Research, Harvard SEAS; and
• Professor David Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard SEAS.

HKU and Harvard SEAS aim to establish a laboratory focused on medical instrumentation for diagnostics and drug delivery and development in the age of precision medicine, in response to the HKSAR Government’s initiative to turn Hong Kong into a global hub of innovation and technology, particularly in the areas of healthcare technologies.

Details of the event are as follows:
Date: December 2, 2018 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00pm (media registration at 2:30pm)
Venue: Lecture Hall II, CPD-LG08 and LG09, LG/F, Centennial Campus, the University of Hong Kong (opposite Grand Hall)

Media enquiry:
Faculty of Engineering, HKU
Dr Anderson Shum (Tel: 3917-7904 / Email: ashum@hku.hk)
Ms Celia Lee (Tel: 3917-8519 / Email: leecelia@hku.hk)

Communication and Public Affairs Office, HKU
Ms Melanie Wan (Tel: 2859 2600 / Email: melwkwan@hku.hk)
Ms Rashida Suffiad (Tel: 2857 8555 / Email: rsuffiad@hku.hk)