Dear colleagues and students,

The latest issue of e-version My UM (May issue) is available!

The Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin—a vibrant development area adjacent to Macao—has become a new stage for UM alumni to showcase their talents. From technological innovation and cultural tourism to public services, three UM alumni—Ng Hong Kei, Choi Un Pok, and Zheng Shaoshi—stand out as examples of Macao’s youth seizing opportunities in Hengqin through their professions and ambitions. In this Feature Stories article, they share how their interdisciplinary expertise and vision for cross-border development are helping them leverage Hengqin’s favourable policies to unlock new possibilities. (Click here for the article).

In People’s Stories, we interviewed Carolina Ung Oi Lam, assistant professor in the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and the Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration in FHS at UM. This pharmaceutical expert also serves as deputy director of UM’s Centre for Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences. Born and raised in Macao, Prof Ung returned to the city and worked in the government’s drug regulatory department after completing her studies in Australia. However, driven by a strong desire to contribute her pharmaceutical expertise to her home city, she later made a bold career shift into teaching and research. Prof Ung believes that the opportunities for pharmaceutical professionals are limitless, and their work is always grounded in meeting Macao’s needs (Click here for the article).

From a small town in Yunnan to pursuing further education in Macao, from studying hydroelectric power to venturing into the field of machine translation, from publishing in the anthology China New Poetry Rankings to presenting her AI-powered poetry translation system at top-tier international computational linguistics conferences—Wang Shanshan, a doctoral student at UM, embodies the creative synergy between literature and science. In another People’s Stories article, Wang, who has produced more than one thousand poems and multiple research breakthroughs, shares with us her academic journey at UM. As she programmes AI to capture poetic quality when translating poetry in order to bring the romance of poetry to another language, it is clear that literature and science, two seemingly unrelated disciplines, can actually merge in extraordinary ways. Perhaps, through Wang’s research, her dream to bring Chinese literature to the world might just become a reality (Click here for the article).

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Communications Office