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UM awards academic prizes to outstanding graduates

The University of Macau (UM) today (26 May) awarded academic prizes to 63 outstanding graduates at the Congregation 2018. In this academic year, the university gave out a total of MOP 4 million in over 60 kinds of academic prizes and scholarships to more than 380 students.

16 kinds of academic prizes were awarded to 63 graduates at the ceremony: Macau Foundation Academic Prize, Henry Fok Foundation Academic Prize, Bank of China Academic Prize, Luso International Bank Academic Prize, ICBC Macau Academic Prize, Wu’s Group Academic Prize, Choi Kai Yau Academic Prize, Lou Tou Vo Mathematics Academic Prize, Jorge Alvares Foundation Academic Prize, BNU Academic Prize, CEM Academic Prize, Synopsys Academic Prize, EasyTone Academic Prize, Macau Civil Engineering Laboratory (LECM) Academic Prize, ERS Academic Prize, and MIL Law Office Academic Prize.

Ieong Un Si from the Department of Government and Public Administration, who was admitted to UM on the recommendation of her secondary school principal, received the Macau Foundation Academic Prize. ‘UM provides a lot of academic resources and an exchange platform for me and other students. In the Honours College (HC), I was able to meet many outstanding and like-minded students from various faculties,’ says Ieong. ‘Through the HC, I had the opportunity to participate in an exchange trip to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States for a semester.’ Ieong discloses that she will study for an MSSc Programme in Public Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong starting this September and she hopes to give back to society with what she learns.

UM awards scholarships and academic prizes on various occasions, including the convocation, the scholarship presentation ceremony, and the ceremony for the conferment of honorary degrees and higher degrees.

Source: Communications Office, University of Macau

Lawyers Association of Macao Field Trip to Huizhou Dongguan

In respect of the invitation by the Liaison Office of The Central People’s Government, it was organized yesterday, a group of local lawyers to participate in a field trip to Huizhou Dongguan regarding the Guandong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area, in order to expand the scope of the lawyers in Macao, to deepen the knowledge of the same field of profession in the Grand Bay Area, to enhance a greater potential for development in the near future in relation to the same field of profession.

The group departed from Macao at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, which was led by General Secretary of the Lawyers Association, Dr. Paulino Comandante and accompanied by Dr. Álvaro Rodrigues, Dra. Oriana Inácio Pun, Dra. Lei Kam Iut, Dr. Frederico Rato, Dr. Sou Sio Kei, Dra. Kuong Iok Kao, Dra. Lou Sio Fong, Dr. Sérgio de Almeida Correia, Dra. Kong Sut Mui, Dra. Mok I Leng, Dra. Fung Oi Lam, Dra. Lam Fong I, Dra. Lídia Chan, Dr. Tang Weng Hang, Dr. Hong Weng Kuan, Dra. Fong Mei Lin and others. As well was guided from the beginning to end, by Mr. Wang Heng, subdirector of the Legal Work Department, Mr. Xu Xiangsheng and Mr. Gao Zhen, Director and Subdirector of the Legal Department, all from the Liaison Office of The Central People’s Government, as well as, Mr. Huang Meixin, subdirector of the Administration of Legal Work of the Department of Justice of Guangdong and Mr. Chen Fang, Vice-President of the Guangdong Lawyers Association.

At 5 o’clock in the afternoon, lawyers of Dongguan and Macao made a presentation regarding the discussion of the future cooperation in the Center of Administrative Building in the city of Dongguan, in which was assisted by, among others, Mr. 朱小平, subdirector of the Department of Justice of Dongguan, Mr. 駱偉東and Mr. 司徒源, subdirector and section chief of the Dongguan Bureau of Affairs of Hong Kong and Macao, Mr. 張社清and Ms. 李愛東, Vice Presidents of Dongguan Lawyers Association.

After the activities, Dr. Paulino Comandante and Ms. 李愛東exchanged gifts to each other.