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Donation for Islamic Research

The Islamic Cultural Association (Hong Kong) has made a generous donation of $3 million in support of the study of Islamic culture being undertaken by the Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH) at CUHK, which aims at fostering and promoting research and academic activities related to the culture. The funding will support academic lectures, conferences and research projects on Islamic culture, hosting visiting scholars and developing a cluster of courses on Islamic studies that will be open to all students of CUHK. The cheque presentation and inauguration ceremony for the programme were held at the Cho Yiu Hall on 13 September. Officiating guests included Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (4th right), Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Mohammad Noorudin Yang (4th left), chairman of the association; Uthman Yang Xing Ben (3rd left), Imam of Masjid Ammar; Prof. Fok Tai-fai (2nd left), Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen (3rd right), director of RIH; Prof. Lai Pan-chiu (2nd right) and Prof. Tam Wai-lun (1st left), both professors of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies; and Prof. Poo Mu-chou (1st right), Professor of History. Over a hundred delegates of the association and guests including consul generals were in attendance.

Following the ceremony was the conference on 'Islamic Civilization in Multiple Perspectives'. Prof. Ibrahim Mohamed Zain and Dr. Suo Yan-mei from Malaysia; Prof. Lin Chang-kuan and Prof. Tsai Yuan-lin from Taiwan; and Dr. Pan Shiji, Prof. Ding Shiren and Dr. Qi Xueyi from China, and several scholars from Hong Kong presented papers. Scholars had a lively discussion on the topic 'Religion and Belongingness from Comparative Perspectives' at a roundtable session.