{"id":52506,"date":"2019-09-19T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T03:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thei.edu.hk\/?p=52506"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T03:26:43","slug":"thei-received-research-grant-awards-totalling-hk11-million-from-the-research-grants-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thei.edu.hk\/sc\/thei-received-research-grant-awards-totalling-hk11-million-from-the-research-grants-council\/","title":{"rendered":"THEi received research grant awards totalling HK$11 million from the Research Grants Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"52506\" class=\"elementor elementor-52506\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db31758 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db31758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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