{"id":116620,"date":"2024-02-07T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T04:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sao\/?page_id=116620"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:19:59","slug":"application-handbook-and-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sao\/entrepreneurship\/metrochallenge\/application-handbook-and-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Handbook and Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"116620\" class=\"elementor elementor-116620 elementor-118058\" 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-ac0ae3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac0ae3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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