HKBU holds flag-raising ceremony to celebrate National Day

Saturday, 1 October 2022

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) held a flag-raising ceremony on campus to celebrate National Day on 1 October.

Dr Clement Chen, Chairman, Mr Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman and Ms Rosanna Choi, Treasurer of the Council and the Court; Professor Rick Wong, Interim Provost and other senior management team members of the University; a number of Council members; staff members and students of the University joined the ceremony. During the rendition of the national anthem, the national flag was raised alongside the Hong Kong SAR flag and the HKBU flag by a flag-raising team.

Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU said: “We are deeply proud of the enormous, globally admired social and economic developments achieved by our motherland over the past decades. On the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, I am delighted that the HKBU community gathers together at the flag-raising ceremony on campus to celebrate the nation’s prosperity, which further enriched the HKBU community’s sense of belonging to the nation.”