UM students participated in the Chinese writing competition organized by the Macao SAR Government and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR and received outstanding results in the tertiary student category.

Student He Yichen, from the Faculty of Arts and Humanity and Choi Kai Yau College, and Cheang Nga U, from the Faculty of Arts and Humanity and Cheng Yu Tung College, won the first prize in the competition. Two other students received second prizes and four students received distinction awards. The full list of awardees is shown below.

Prof. Yonghua Song (Rector), Prof. Ge Wei (Vice Rector for Research and Interim Dean of FBA), Prof. Mok Kai Meng (Vice Rector for Student Affairs), Prof. Xu Jie (Dean of FAH), Prof. Angus Lam (Assistant Dean of FST), Prof. Alfred Wong (Interim Master of CYTC), Prof. Zhang Meifang  (Master of CKLC), Prof. Janny Leung (Master of CKYC), Prof Tam Sik Chung (Master of SPC) and other UM management members showed their appreciations to the awardees and their mentors at UM campus on 5 May.

The theme of this writing competition, “National Cultural Security”, emphasizes the responsibility of the young generation in safeguarding national cultural security, and fostering the value of patriotism. Over 13,000 students from 8 higher education institutes and 44 secondary schools participated in the competition.