The inauguration ceremony of private notaries in Macau took place on the 12th of December 2019, of which Dra. Mok I Leng was one of the lawyers appointed as a private notary by the Legal Affairs Bureau of Macau, becoming viable to perform notarial activities in the Macau Special Administrative Region. Consequently, an oath of honor was taken at the said ceremony, in which an oath was taken for the proper exercise of her powers as a private notary that will increase the quality and efficiency of the notarial services.

The inauguration ceremony of the Public Trust Internacional Arbitration Association (Macau) took place on the 8th of November 2019. In the presence of professionals from various areas such as Macau, Hong Kong, and Mainland China, where the President of The Association, Ms. Mok I Leng, addressed the purpose for creating the respective Association and through the said Association to promote international arbitration and mediation in the Macao SAR by bilateral and multilateral exchange and collaboration, as well as, aims to facilitate the study of arbitration and mediation for the betterment of the society. The AAICPM will organize and participate in various forums, conferences and lectures as well as publish several up-to-date articles on the topic on arbitration and mediation in…

Madam Mok I Leng (Macau lawyer and President of the Board of the “Public Trust International Arbitration Association (Macao)” – PTIAA) and Ms. Esther Li, trainee lawyer in Macau and Vice-President and Secretary-General of the said Association, met as part of a work group in Zhuhai on April 10th 2019, among others, with Dr. Liu Wenwu (lawyer and secretary of Yingke Law Firm in Zhuhai), Dr. Han Haidong (President of Zhongshan Sub-Commission of China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission), Dr. Li Lihua and Dr. Huang Kaixin (secretaries of the said Commission), Dr. Qiu Song (lawyer and Finance Director and a member of the benefits commission of the Zhuhai Lawyers Association), Dr. Shi Fu (lawyer and secretary of Beijing Zhongyin Law Firm (Zhuhai)…

The Macao Youth Federation, the Public Finance Department of the HengQin New Area and other governmental departments came together to organize a seminar aiming to promote and answer to some questions the Hong Kong and Macao youth had regarding the recently published taxation policies. For more details, please refer to the Chinese version of the present news.    

The University of Macau (UM) Honours College (HC) recently held an opening ceremony for the 2018/2019 academic year to welcome 186 new academically accomplished students, all of whom are student leaders drawn from 28 academic programmes. According to HC Dean Mok Kai Meng, the college has launched new programmes to admit more outstanding students with leadership skills. At the ceremony, UM Vice Rectors Lionel Ni, Rui Martins, and Kou Mei presented admission certificates to the students. In his speech, HC Dean Prof Mok Kai Meng noted that most graduates of the HC in the past seven years have found jobs at international companies such as Deloitte, Jardine Matheson etc… or pursued further education at top universities in the world such as University of…

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)…