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The Plan to Cultivate the Masters of Humanities & Social Science Education, jointly organized by the Macao Education and Youth Development Bureau, the Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of Macau and the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC), was successfully completed in May 2022 at Escola Secundária Luso-Chinesa de Luís Gonzaga Gomes and the University of Macau.

Prof. Tang Keng Pan, Adjunct Professor of CCHC and Emeritus Professor from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of the University of Macau was invited to give a lecture on “Quick, easy and accurate “Cantonese pronunciation map” and “The Culture of Chinese Eight Scenery and Macau Eight Scenery”, Prof. Tam Mei Leng gave a lecture on “Festival activities in Macao: Feast of Drunken Dragon and Feast of the God Tou Tei ── On the possibility of preserving multiculturalism” and “António Conceição Júnior and Ling Ling’s local female group images and the unique feelings of traditional Macau”. Prof. Zhang Zexun gave two sessions of “Creative Pottery Workshop-Exploring and Experiencing”. The purpose of these courses is to enhance the professional knowledge of humanities and social science teachers in Macao’s primary and secondary schools in the areas of literature, history and art.

Six courses were held in May, attracting over 100 teachers from primary and secondary schools in Macao.

Prof. Tang Keng Pan’s “The Culture of Chinese Eight Scenery and Macau Eight Scenery” class

Prof. Tam Meileng’s “António Conceição Júnior and Ling Ling’s local female group images and the unique feelings of traditional Macau” class

Prof. Tam Mei Leng’s “Festival activities in Macao: Feast of Drunken Dragon and Feast of the God Tou Tei ── On the possibility of preserving multiculturalism” class

Prof. Tang Keng Pan’s “Quick, easy and accurate “Cantonese pronunciation map” class

Prof. Zhang Zexun’s “Creative Pottery Workshop-Exploring and Experiencing” class

Escola Católica Estrela do Mar is one of the earliest school members to join UM’ base for the promotion for Chinese history and culture, and has maintained a close partnership with the base for a long time. On 1 June, 2022 (Wednesday), the CCHC visiting group, comprised of Dr. Cheang Neng Ian (Deputy Director), Ms. Kuan Sio In (Principal Administrative Officer) and Ms. Tong Ho Kei (Administrative Officer), visited Escola Católica Estrela do Mar for discussion of future cooperation opportunities.

Dr. Cheang Neng Ian introduced the work of CCHC

Dr. Cheang, during the discussion, briefly introduced the objectives, facilities and resources of the Base as well as the past activities. Vong Piu, Principal of Escola Católica Estrela do Mar, praised the efforts of CCHC and looked forward to the further cooperation with the Centre. Principal Vong also told the CCHC staff members that he encouraged the school teachers themselves to participate in the programs and activities organized by the base, besides their students to join them. He in particular mentioned the Master of Arts program in Chinese History and Culture, deeming it an excellent opportunity for teachers to broaden their knowledge in literature and history, which is conducive to their teaching.

Principal Vong Piu exchanged views with the CCHC staff members

In the end, Dr. Cheang Neng Ian expressed his gratitude for the school’s support for the work of the base, and invited Principal Vong Piu to participate in the coming “Forum on Education in Humanities and Social Sciences”, expected to be held in late 2022. Principal Vong gladly accepted this invitation.

Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences is dedicated to the training and teaching of literature, history, art, Putonghua and foreign languages. It cooperates with primary and secondary schools in Macao to jointly improve the teaching quality in humanities and social sciences. In the morning of 25 May, 2022 (Wednesday), members of Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) including Deputy Director Cheang Neng Ian, Principal Administrative Officer Kuan Sio In, and Administrative Assistant Tong Ho Kei visited Macau Baptist College for discussion of future collaboration opportunities.

Lei Cheok Kin, Principal of Macau Baptist College, delivered a welcome speech and then reiterated that Macau Baptist College, as a member of UM’s base for the promotion for Chinese history and culture since 2018, has maintained a close partnership with CCHC and expressed his gratitude to the Centre which provided various lectures and training courses to the students and teachers of the college. Principal Lei also said that the college attaches great importance to the education of literature and history and thus set up the Chinese Culture Society, aiming to promote history and traditional culture, so as to cultivate the national pride of the students.

Dr. Cheang praised the teaching philosophy of Macau Baptist College, “All-Around Education for All”. In the end, both parties presented the pennant and journals to each other as souvenirs.

Dr. Cheang introduced Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences

Principal Lei states that the college attaches great importance to the education of literature and history

Dr. Cheang presented the Pennant to Macau Baptist College

Group photo

On Wednesday, June 1 2022, a delegation from Nanchang University visited Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) of University of Macau (UM), with its member including Prof. Deng Xiaohua, Vice President of Nanchang University, Prof. Fu Chun, Director of Office of International Affairs of Nanchang University, and Prof. Min Weidong, Dean of Meta-Universe Research Institute of Nanchang University.

The delegation received a warm welcome from Prof. Zhu Shoutong, Director of CCHC. He showed the delegation around the Cultural Building and introduced CCHC to them. Prof. Deng expressed his appreciation for the Centre’s cultural publicity and exchanges with the mainland universities. He also looked forward to further cooperating with the Centre to promote the academic development. Prof. Fu expressed the hope that Nanchang University and University of Macau would jointly set up short-term training courses in the future to provide more exchange and learning opportunities for students and scholars in these two universities. Finally, the two sides presented each other with souvenirs.

Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Sciences, since its establishment, has been in collaboration with secondary and primary schools as well as other educational institutions in Macao to promote education in culture, arts and other humanities and social sciences, in order to nurture more diversified talents for Macao. Colégio Mateus Ricci has long been in close contact with the base and has actively participated in its activities.

On the afternoon of 23 May, 2022 (Mon), members of Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) including Deputy Director Cheang Neng Ian, Principal Admin Officer KUAN Sio In and Admin Staff Tong Ho Kei visited Colégio Mateus Ricci for discussion of future collaboration opportunities and were warmly greeted by Principal Cheung Wailing of Colégio Mateus Ricci, who reviewed the past cooperation and discussed the future cooperation.

The Deputy Director introduced the Centre’s work progress

Deputy Director Cheang reviewed the development of the Centre in recent years. The Principal Cheung Wailing expressed her appreciation for the past cooperation, thanked the Centre for its support and looked forward to future cooperation. At the same time, the leaders and teachers of Colégio Mateus Ricci were keen to give their input on the future cooperation between the two schools, and Deputy Director Cheang gave timely feedback. The Centre and Colégio Mateus Ricci reached a consensus on collaboration for the second half of the year and Cheang invited Principal Cheung Wailing to attend Macao Forum on Education in Humanities and Social Sciences in the second half of the year, to which Principal Cheung readily agreed.

Principal Cheung Wailing presented a souvenir to the Centre

Group photo of participants