香港大學舉行第七屆「明德教授席」就職典禮

香港大學第七屆「明德教授席」就職典禮於今日(四月十九日)舉行。今年有七個明德教授及一個繼任明德教授就職。

「明德教授席」乃香港大學授予傑出學者的崇高榮譽，透過成立永久基金，使該教授所帶領之學術領域，獲得長遠的支持，從而對社會作出恆久而卓越的貢獻。自二零零五年，香港大學成立共七十二個「明德教授席」(包括三個傑出客座教授席)。

「明德教授席」乃遵照大學規章、經顧問委員會核定委任。每位「明德教授席」由港幣一千萬或以上的捐款加上大學的等額配對成立。基金的投資收益將用作支持該明德教授的研究經費。顧問委員會成員包括錢果豐博士(主席) 、程介明教授、廖約克博士、麥列菲菲教授及馬雪征女士。

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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) held its Seventh Inauguration of Endowed Professorships today (April 19) to present seven new Endowed Professors and one successive appointment. 

Endowed Professorships are created to provide perpetual support to areas of academic excellence.  It is also a privileged honour bestowed upon the University’s distinguished academics.  With a close partnership between academe and generous philanthropists, Endowed Professorships represent a promise to scale new levels of commitment to society and to humankind.

Each Endowed Professorship is established with a generous donation of HK$10 million or more which is matched by the University with an equal amount.  The interest generated from the $20 million endowment is used to support the respective area of academic excellence. Since 2005, a total of 72 Endowed Professorships (including 3 Distinguished Visiting Professorships) have been established.

An Advisory Committee has been set up to ensure the appointments are made in accordance with established university procedures. Members of the Committee include Dr Raymond K F Ch'ien (Chairman), Dr York Liao, Professor Felice Lieh-Mak and Ms Mary Ma.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Polo Leung, Development & Alumni Affairs Office on 2241-5677 or Ms Melanie Wan (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) Tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk  .

For more information and photos, please visit the Endowed Professorships Scheme website at https://www.hku.hk/ephku/