- Event: University of B.C.-University of Hong Kong research
and education partnership announcement - Date: Sunday, May 25, 1997
- Time: 5:30 p.m.
- Place: Robson Square Conference Centre, conference room
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On the eve of Hong Kong’s historic transition from British governance
to Chinese rule, the medical schools of the University of British
Columbia and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will announce a major
new research and education partnership at a special event to be
held May 25.
The two medical schools will collaborate on an extensive program
of research and education in diseases of the heart and brain, the
greatest cause of death and disability in advanced societies on
both sides of the Pacific.
On hand to make the announcement will be UBC Dean of Medicine Dr.
John Cairns, HKU Dean of Medicine Prof. S.P. Chow and other officials
and scientists from the two universities.
It is the most comprehensive collaboration entered into by either
school and sets the stage for highly productive new research initiatives
between the two Pacific Rim centres of expertise. The partnerships
will be supported by an active and ongoing exchange of people —
scientists, students and practising specialists — as well as by
high-speed electronic and telecommunications links.
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