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Today’s ceremony sees 2,599 graduates being conferred with under-graduate, master and doctoral degrees.
Mr Li Ka-shing congratulates a student for being conferred a doctoral degree.
Mr Li Ka-shing thanks Professor Xu Bing, renowned printmaking Chinese artist, for attending today’s ceremony as guest of honour and keynote speaker. Professor Xu has extensively contributed to contemporary arts, and has been awarded MacArthur Fellowships, nicknamed Genius Grant, in the United States, and was the first winner of the Artes Mundi Prize in the visual arts arena in the United Kingdom, and won the United States of America Print Arts lifetime achievement award.
Inauguration Ceremony Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery Oxford University
A great blessing in my life has been to witness first-hand and on many occasions the transformation of what once was thought impossible into everyday reality.
Prime Minister joins Sir Ka-shing Li for launch of £90m initiative in big data and drug discovery at Oxford University
Mr Li Ka-shing says at the opening ceremony that what will happen here is more than the promise of harnessing the power of a data-intensive revolution to improve health care. The work of this centre will identify innovative ways to increase access to health care while lessening the burden of cost.
(From left) Chancellor of Oxford University Lord Pattern, Mr Li Ka-shing, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University Professor Andrew Hamilton, visit the model of the new Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery.
Medical staff of the Prince of Wales Hospital seize the opportunity to take a photo with Mr Li Ka-shing after the ceremony.
Mr Anthony Wu presents to Mr Li Ka-shing a souvenir which fulfills Mr Li’s childhood dream of becoming a doctor.
Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming, Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine, CUHK, presents to Mr Li on the latest medical research development in cancer testing.
