The Chinese University of Hong Kong will hold its graduation ceremony for three consecutive days starting today (24th). Barriers will no longer be set up at the entrance. Graduates and guests are free to enter and leave CUHK for the first time in three years.
The ceremony started smoothly at 10 o'clock in the morning.
CUHK held a graduation ceremony for conferring degrees today. The general assembly ceremony started at 10:00 am.
At about 9:30, graduates, relatives and friends arrived one after another, and took a special bus at the entrance of CUHK near the subway station to the ceremony venue.
There is no registration checkpoint at the entrance of CUHK, and it seems that guests and graduates are “freely” entering and leaving CUHK for the first time in three years.
Mr. Li, a master of arts graduate, said that he felt fresh about being able to go in and out "freely" today, as if he was "going back to before the epidemic". The relevant arrangements also prevented him from having to explain the procedures of entering CUHK to his relatives and friends.
He also pointed out that recently, he feels that the campus is harmonious, but he is worried that some people will cause trouble because of different political views and prejudice against CUHK.
At about 10 o'clock, the graduation ceremony of Baiwan Avenue officially began, and the national anthem was played on the spot.
CUHK President Duan Chongzhi delivered a speech mainly in English, mixed with Cantonese and Putonghua.
In particular, he mentioned that CUHK equips graduates with critical thinking skills, and believes that they can cope with the increasingly complex world.
He also mentioned that knowledge is power and hoped that students would make positive changes.
During his speech, he read "Integrating China and the West" in Mandarin and Cantonese, reminding the graduates not to forget their origins, and also recalled the "Bo Wen Yue etiquette", saying that graduates can always call CUHK their home, and hope that they will make the world and Society becomes a better place.
He concluded by reminding the graduates to be kind and ending with Irish blessings: "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand."
In the graduation ceremony of the year before last, more than 100 people marched on campus and many people were arrested afterwards
During the graduation ceremony of CUHK the year before last, there were more than 30 graffiti in several colleges, including United, Chung Chi, New Asia and Sin Hang. More than 100 people marched in the campus.
After the National Security Department of the police took over, they sent a large number of police officers to the campus of CUHK to investigate and collect evidence.
From December of the same year to February of last year, 9 people were arrested for illegal assembly, and 4 of them were also suspected of "inciting secession".
Flash mob of last year's graduates: 'We graduated, but they couldn't'
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Many other graduates flashed cards on Million Avenue. The names of CUHK university students who were sentenced for participating in the anti-extradition law movement were printed on the cards. One of the cards read "We graduated, but they couldn't".
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