A professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has revealed that according to the Catholic university’s recent research, 40% of its respondents suffer from different levels of depression, adding that 10% of them said that they had had suicidal thoughts.
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An exhibition entitled “Macao’s Mangroves: A Coastal Treasure” co-organised by the Institute of Science and Environment of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ), non-governmental organisation Clean the World and gaming operator Sands Macao, is being held on the Catholic university’s Ilha Verde campus to present the natural environment of mangroves.
The government has completed its guidelines for the city’s community associations organising receptions and banquets.
The University Hospital run by the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will join the government’s NAT scheme on Monday, with 500 places available per day.
SJM recently donated “Intelligent Body Temperature Screening Systems” to Stanley Ho East Asia College and to Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College at University of Macau (UM), the gaming operator said in a statement on Thursday.
The private Catholic University of Saint Joseph (USJ) announced in a statement on Thursday the appointment of Prof. Zhang Shuguang as its vice-rector for External Relations and Institutional Development and full professor of Global Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
The government has drafted a plan for gradually reopening the borders to allow for the return of some people of non-Chinese nationalities to Macao, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong U, revealed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Macao Polytechnic Institute’s new building.
A member of the administrative committee of the government-appointed Science and Technology Development Fund told reporters that the committee’s professional jury did not approve a MUST Covid-19 vaccine project because it did not meet the fund’s requirements.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said on Tuesday that the government’s revamped central library, youth centre and conservatory projects will save the Treasury around MOP 1.1 billion.