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Groundbreaking Ceremony of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research

12 Oct 2009

The University of Hong Kong is a world-class comprehensive research university in the Asia Pacific region. To synergise an integrated approach to the study of human research, the Human Research Institute (HRI) will be built at the Sassoon Road campus of the University. The HRI will accommodate specialized research laboratories and state-of-the-art inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary centres for human research, including the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Engineering Centre, the Behavioral Sciences and Holistic Health Centre, the Institute of Human Performance Research Centre, the Clinical Trials Centre, the Genome Research Centre, the Medical Physics Research Centre, and the Chemical Biology Centre.

In recognition of the generous donation of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the HRI (Phase 1) Building will be named "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research". The construction of the Building will be completed in mid 2011.

Members of the press are cordially invited to cover the groundbreaking ceremony of the Building.  Details are as follows:

Date: October 14, 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00am - 12:00noon
Venue: 5-7 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
(please view at http://www.hku.hk/cpaoesite/press/HKJCmap  for the map)

Officiating Guests:

• Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor, HKU
• Mr John CC Chan, GBS, JP, Chairman, Hong Kong Jockey Club
• Mr Jack So, JP, Chairman, Campus Development and Planning Committee, HKU
• Professor Paul Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Mr. Henry Ho, (Senior Manager (Community Relations), Communications and Public Affairs Office), Tel: 2857 8555/91880219, email: henryho.kc@hku.hk or Miss Julie Chu, (Assistant Executive (Community Relations), Communications and Public Affairs Office), Tel: 2859 2437, email: juliechu@hku.hk