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CUHK to unveil five-year strategic plan on Aug 6

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong will announce its strategic plan for the next five years on Thursday, according to its president Dennis Lo. Speaking on a Commercial Radio show on Sunday, Lo said that the blueprint will align with the 15th Five-Year Plan, as well as help China play a leading role in education and technology. The school will then work on a “campus master plan”, he said, to brainstorm how to utilise the vacant Area 39 in Pak Shek Kok – between its main campus and the Science Park, where an MTR station will be built. "The faculty of medicine will construct a new building there. It is 300,000 square feet. There will also be a research institute that can accommodate 850 people. Also, a life science building will be constructed after a few months," he said. "Moreover, we will have a new college. Now CUHK has nine colleges. This will be the 10th, it will also be located there. So when everything is completed, I believe it will greatly increase the space we can use." When a

First report: CUHK earmarks Pak Shek Kok site for new medical building and 10th college — scmp.com, 9d