{"id":14819,"date":"2021-12-15T16:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/daao\/?page_id=14819"},"modified":"2022-01-10T09:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T01:25:20","slug":"launch-ceremony-of-hong-kong-metropolitan-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/daao\/event-highlights\/launch-ceremony-of-hong-kong-metropolitan-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Ceremony of Hong Kong Metropolitan University"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14819\" class=\"elementor elementor-14819\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-065e906 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"065e906\" 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Metropolitan University<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a3946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06a3946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1 September 2021<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1520c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8e1520c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55644bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"55644bc\" 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