{"id":166023,"date":"2023-10-17T14:17:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/?post_type=press&#038;p=166023"},"modified":"2023-10-17T16:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:58:10","slug":"cuhk-holds-flag-raising-ceremony-on-its-foundation-day-in-celebration-of-its-60th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/cuhk-holds-flag-raising-ceremony-on-its-foundation-day-in-celebration-of-its-60th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"CUHK holds flag-raising ceremony on its Foundation Day in celebration of its 60th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166023","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20231017","keep":false,"details":"<p>The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was founded on 17 October 1963, and this year marks its 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. In celebration of its diamond jubilee, the University held a flag-raising ceremony on its Foundation Day today.<\/p>\r\n<p>The ceremony started at 8:30am at CUHK\u2019s flagpoles. The flag-raising was performed by CUHK\u2019s student flag guards. The CUHK flag was raised alongside the national flag and the HKSAR flag to a rendition of the national anthem.<\/p>\r\n<p>About 100 guests attended the flag-raising ceremony, including CUHK Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan, Deputy Director General of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mr Wang Wenxian, Director and President of the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center Mr Hsu Hoi Shan, CUHK Council members, senior management team members, representatives from Colleges and Faculties, staff, students and alumni of the University.<\/p>\r\n<p>The 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary is a major milestone in CUHK\u2019s history. The University has organised year-long celebrations under the theme \u201cwhere great minds shine\u201d. For details of the events, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/60.cuhk.edu.hk\/\">https:\/\/60.cuhk.edu.hk\/<\/a><\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":[{"photo":166030,"caption":"CUHK holds a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its foundation."},{"photo":166031,"caption":"Attendees at the flag-raising ceremony."},{"photo":166028,"caption":"CUHK Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan (7th right), Council member Ms Melissa Kaye Pang (4th right), Deputy Director General of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People\u2019s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Regatioin Mr Wang Wenxian (8th right), and other university members attend the flag-raising ceremony on CUHK\u2019s Foundation Day."},{"photo":166029,"caption":"CUHK\u2019s student flag-guard team."},{"photo":166026,"caption":"CUHK\u2019s student flag-guard team."},{"photo":166027,"caption":"The University officers and guests with the student flag-guard team."}],"attachments":null,"video_source":"","video_file":166045,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"Flag-raising ceremony on CUHK\u2019s Foundation Day","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/166023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/166023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166061,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/166023\/revisions\/166061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}