{"id":49255,"date":"2016-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/press\/the-chinese-university-of-hong-kong-holds-80th-congregation-for-the-conferment-of-degrees\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T00:00:00","slug":"the-chinese-university-of-hong-kong-holds-80th-congregation-for-the-conferment-of-degrees","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/the-chinese-university-of-hong-kong-holds-80th-congregation-for-the-conferment-of-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese University of Hong Kong Holds 80th Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-49255","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20160526","keep":false,"details":"<p>The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) held its 80th Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees today (26 May). &nbsp;Prof. Joseph J.Y SUNG, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK presided at the Congregation and conferred honorary degrees on <strong>Prof. Randy W. 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