{"id":18216,"date":"2023-04-26T16:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/pao\/?page_id=18216"},"modified":"2024-01-22T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T02:40:41","slug":"230425-ir-aaron-bok","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/pao\/talk-of-the-metropolis\/230425-ir-aaron-bok\/","title":{"rendered":"From Barren Rock to Metropolis; to Greener, Smarter and Happier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18216\" class=\"elementor elementor-18216\" 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\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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