Complex sentence: On June 3, a message from Hita appeared on the FPMT website, saying that despite the difficulties alluded to above, he was "privileged" to have received an education rooted in both Eastern and Western cultures.
Split into simpler sentences: On June 3, a message from Hita appeared on the FPMT website. In it, he said that despite the difficulties alluded to above, he was "privileged" to have received an education rooted in both Eastern and Western cultures.