{"id":151,"date":"2021-05-20T05:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/pau\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T19:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T11:19:43","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/pao\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"151\" class=\"elementor elementor-151\" 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-f2f8b2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2f8b2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb15c2b\" data-id=\"cb15c2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fde0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40fde0f\" 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<table id=\"ItemDtlTbl\" style=\"margin: auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-spacing: 0px; display: inline-table; color: #000000; text-align: justify;\" border=\"0\" summary=\" \" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody style=\"margin: auto;\">\n<tr style=\"margin: auto; background: #f8f8f8; border: 1px solid #dddddd; padding: 0.35em;\">\n<td style=\"margin: auto; padding: 0.625em;\" valign=\"top\" data-label=\"Content1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: auto; display: inline; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ouhk.edu.hk\/PAU\/AdminPage\/AboutUs_2020_1.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: auto; padding: 0.625em;\" valign=\"top\" data-label=\"Content2\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: auto; display: inline; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ouhk.edu.hk\/PAU\/AdminPage\/AboutUs_2020_2.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"margin: auto; padding: 0.625em;\" valign=\"top\" data-label=\"Content3\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: auto; display: inline; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ouhk.edu.hk\/PAU\/AdminPage\/AboutUs_2020_3.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;\">The Public Affairs Unit provides the link between the University and the Community. 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