The Correctional Services Department and eight University Grants Committee -funded universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 17 to establish a long-term partnership, so as to facilitate the continuous education of persons in custody who were students of the universities before imprisonment and wish to continue their studies.


Photo shows the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, delivering a speech at the signing ceremony.
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Photo shows the Chairman of the Research Grants Council, Professor Wong Yuk-shan, delivering a speech at the signing ceremony.
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Photo shows the Convenor of the Heads of Universities Committee and the President of Lingnan University, Professor Leonard Cheng, delivering a speech at the signing ceremony.
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The MoU was signed by the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Wong Kwok-hing (front row, centre), and the Presidents/representatives of the eight UGC-funded universities, and witnessed by the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung (back row, left), and the Chairman of the Research Grants Council, Professor Wong Yuk-shan (back row, right), on behalf of the UGC.
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Photo shows (from left) the President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor Nancy Ip; the President of the Education University of Hong Kong, Professor Stephen Cheung; the President and Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University, Professor Alexander Wai; the Convenor of the Heads of Universities Committee and the President of Lingnan University, Professor Leonard Cheng; the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Wong Kwok-hing; the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung; the Chairman of the Research Grants Council, Professor Wong Yuk-shan; the Acting President of City University of Hong Kong, Professor Chan Chi-hou; the President and Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Rocky Tuan; the Deputy President and Provost of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor Wong Wing-tak; and the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Ian Holliday, at the signing ceremony.
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