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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Hong Kong) (TECOHK) has recently pledged a donation of TWD7.5 million (equivalent to approximately HK$1.92 million) to support a project titled "Focusing on Taiwan: Health, Peace, Memory (2014-2017)" initiated by the Taiwan Research Centre (the Centre) of the Research Institute for the Humanities of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Mr. Howard Huang, Director of Liaison Division, Mr. Sheu Ruey-horng, Principal Assistant Deputy Director of Liaison Division, Mr. Mak Shiu-kong, Deputy Education Project Supervisor and Mr. Tsung Tak-wei, Senior Project Supervisor represented TECOHK to attend the Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony held on 18 June 2014. Professor Fok Tai-fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of CUHK, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to TECOHK for their generous support, and the recognition we received for our efforts in pursuing excellence in academic research.

"With the objectives to promote scholarly exchange between Taiwan and Hong Kong, and establish long-term collaborations between CUHK and Taiwan universities, the Centre will organize a wide range of academic activities, such as inviting notabilities and renowned scholars from Taiwan to be the speakers of distinguished lectures, organizing conferences and workshops, conducting comparative study on the cultures of Taiwan and Hong Kong, and recruiting visiting scholars from Taiwan," said Professor Hsiung Ping-chen, Director of Research Institute for the Humanities of CUHK, at the Ceremony.

CUHK has been actively promoting academic research on the history and culture of Taiwan. In 2012, the Taiwan Research Centre was established to further strengthen the bondage of CUHK and Taiwan universities, and to utilize the strength of CUHK to coordinate interdisciplinary research on Taiwan.