Macao: Melco Donates MOP 1 Million to Macao University of Tourism Development Foundation
Melco Resorts & Entertainment and the Macao University of Tourism Development Foundation (UTMDF) held a donation agreement signing ceremony on October 20 at the Forward Building on the Taipa campus of the Macao University of Tourism (UTM). Dr. Cheung Kin Chung, Chair of the Executive Committee of UTMDF, and Lawrence Ho, Chairman and CEO of Melco, signed the agreement. Melco donated MOP 1 million to the foundation. The donation will support UTM's academic development and institutional advancement, including optimising the learning environment, enhancing teaching and research quality, and expanding international cooperation.
Also officiating at the ceremony were Cen Jiayi, Director of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR; Wong Chio In, Head of the Department of Educational Research and Planning of the Education and Youth Development Bureau; Dr. Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan, Rector of UTM; and Akiko Takahashi, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Melco. Members of UTMDF and the UTM Council, a representative of the UTM Student Union, and faculty and students also attended.
Dr. Cheung said Macao's cultural and tourism industry is advancing toward high-quality, sustainable development and urgently needs interdisciplinary talent with academic grounding, industrial vision and innovative thinking, and that the donation would deepen strategic university-enterprise collaboration. Mr. Ho said talent is the key driver of Macao's tourism industry and that Melco supports the SAR government's "1+4" strategy for appropriate economic diversification. The ceremony was the third in a series of donations by integrated tourism and leisure enterprises to the foundation, with more such events to follow. (Based on the October 21 announcement by Melco and UTMDF)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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