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Remembering Prof. Woo Chia-wei

2025-03-11 (3 months ago)04 mins

I was sad to hear the news. He will be missed. I want to share a couple of anecdotes – two of my encounters with him in the early days of the University. I was a very junior staff and only ever knew the President casually, but he knew who I was and always had…

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To Matteo Ricci of the Far West

2024-11-29 (6 months ago6 months ago)05 mins

You might have heard the Italian name Ricci – perhaps Ricci Hall, one of the oldest residential halls at HKU. But do you know who Matteo Ricci was? The man who made this Italian name famous in China. Who was Matteo Ricci? Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was one of the first Jesuit missionaries who tried to…

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