{"id":1123,"date":"2008-12-29T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/2008\/12\/29\/university-of-hong-kong-controversy-as-it-drops-ufo-course\/"},"modified":"2008-12-29T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T11:33:16","slug":"university-of-hong-kong-controversy-as-it-drops-ufo-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/university-of-hong-kong-controversy-as-it-drops-ufo-course\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Hong Kong Controversy as it Drops UFO Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span color=\"maroon\" size=\"5\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon; font-weight: bold;\">Exopolitics Toronto<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\">Office of the<br \/>\nDirector of Media Relations<\/span><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\">Toronto<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\"> &#8211; Vancouver<br \/>\n\u2013 Washington D.C.<\/span><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Media<br \/>\nRelease for Immediate Distribution<\/span><\/font><\/em><\/strong><em><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<pre><strong><span color=\"maroon\" size=\"5\" style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: maroon; font-weight: bold;\">University of Hong Kong Controversy as it Drops UFO Course<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/span><span><em><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\">Toronto<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;\"> Ontario<br \/>\nCanada December 29, 2008<br \/>\n\u2013<\/span><\/font><\/em><\/span><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\"> Controversy has<br \/>\narisen at the University<br \/>\nof Hong Kong around its<br \/>\ndecision to drop a planned course on UFOs. <em><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#0160;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/font><\/span><span><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">A UFO group in Hong<br \/>\nKong has condemned the city&#39;s largest university for canceling a<br \/>\ncourse on ufology because, it said, of faculty objections to the subject. The<br \/>\ncourse was set to begin last September as an optional subject for University of Hong Kong students in a joint project<br \/>\nbetween the university and the Hong Kong Institute of Ufology, local newspaper<br \/>\nApple Daily reported Monday.\u201d <span><em><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Agence France-Presse. <\/span><\/em><\/span><span><em><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">First Posted 21:30:00<br \/>\n12\/29\/2008<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">Exopolitics<br \/>\nToronto has also learned from one of its reliable sources in Hong Kong that a<br \/>\nmeeting between the Head of the General Education Department at the University of Hong Kong and the UFO group is scheduled<br \/>\nto discuss the academic freedom implications involved in this matter.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">News of the<br \/>\ncancellation of the HKU UFO course comes after the recent lecture series course<br \/>\ndelivered by Exopolitics Director of Media Relations Victor Viggiani at the University of Toronto<br \/>\nfrom October to December of this year in Canada.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">Read the<br \/>\ncomplete story at: <a href=\"http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/breakingnews\/world\/view\/20081229-180525\/HK-school-hit-for-dropping-UFO-course\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/<wbr \/>breakingnews\/world\/view\/<wbr \/>20081229-180525\/HK-school-hit-<wbr \/>for-dropping-UFO-course<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;\">Canadian<br \/>\nnews outlets wishing specific details on this breaking news story are asked to<br \/>\ncontact Exopolitics Toronto using the contact information below.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;\">\u201cTHE UFO\/ET ISSUE IS FAR FROM A<br \/>\nGUILELESS MISUNDERSTANDING AMONG SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE, <\/span><\/font><\/strong><strong><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;\">BUT A REALITY ON THE VERGE OF A PORTENTOUS<br \/>\nREVELATION FOR ALL HUMANITY.\u201d<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">V. Viggiani &#8211; Director of Media Relations <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" title=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\"><span title=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\"><span title=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><span title=\"http:\/\/www.exopoliticstoronto.com\/\">Exopolitics<br \/>\nToronto<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"># # #<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">____________________<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Contact Information in Canada:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Victor Viggiani B.A. M.Ed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Director of Media Relations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Exopolitics Toronto<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\"><a href=\"mailto:zland@sympatico.ca\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mailto:zland@sympatico.ca\">zland@sympatico.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Telephone 905-278-1238<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Exopolitics Toronto<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial Narrow&quot;;\">Director \u2013 Michael J. 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