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CUHK chief urges more funding for Northern Metropolis university town expansion

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Dennis Lo, the president of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), is advocating for increased government funding to support the development of a new university town in the Northern Metropolis. Lo believes the current HK$10 billion loan scheme is insufficient and that Hong Kong universities must expand their scale and capacity to remain competitive on a global stage. He highlighted that institutional size is a factor in university rankings and that the Northern Metropolis offers a crucial opportunity for expansion, contrasting Hong Kong's current 'boutique hotel' model with larger mainland Chinese universities. AI

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CUHK chief urges more funding for Northern Metropolis university town expansion

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · William Yiu ·

    CUHK chief calls for more funds for campuses in Northern Metropolis university town

    The leader of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has called for greater financial support to develop a proposed 300-hectare (741 acres) university town near the border with mainland China, including funding for local institutions to build campuses, arguing that expansion …

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