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Research Institutes and Centres 115 other aspects of Confucian culture, better coordination of ongoing research on Confucianism and related issues by members of the Faculty of Arts, and establishment of links with research institutions in the same field in mainland China and around the world. Completed projects of the centre include ‘The Uncertain Phoenix: Confucianism in Contemporary China’ and ‘Culture as Destiny — The Confucian Experiment in Modern Singapore’. Future projects include studies on the forms of Confucian teaching and learning in late imperial China on the manifestation of Confucian ethics and rituals in the Lingnan area, including the present provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Research Centre for Cross-cultural Studies Tel.: 2609 8698 Fax.: 2609 7722 Website: http://www.rih.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/rih/cross_cultural.html The Research Centre for Cross-cultural Studies was formally set up in September 2000. Affiliated to the Research Institute for the Humanities, the centre’s missions include facilitating cross-cultural studies from an interdisciplinary perspective, promoting cross-cultural studies through a parallel and mutually supportive approach and inter-linkage of training and research, as well as developing a more holistic kind of cross-cultural studies by integrating international, regional, Chinese national, and Hong Kong (or other cities) municipal dimensions. Research Centre for Humanities Computing Tel.: 2609 7165 Fax.: 2603 5323 E-mail: twkwan@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk The Research Centre for Humanities Computing is restructured from the Humanities Computing and Methodology Programme of the Research Institute for the Humanities. The websites planned and constructed by the centre have received several awards and external competitive grants including the Quality Education Fund and Research Grants Council Funding, throughout the years. Having acquired sufficient practical experience in conducting computational projects, the centre now sets out to further promote humanities-related computational research. Research Centre for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences Tel.: 2609 7589 Fax.: 2609 7722 E-mail: phenom@arts.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rih/phs Phenomenology is one of the most influential living philosophical movements in the contemporary international academic arena. There are now some 110