On the afternoon of October 21st, a delegation of the Senior Management team of the USJ, led by the Most Reverend Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang, Chancellor of USJ and the 4th Rector of USJ, Reverend Professor Stephen Morgan, visited the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah. The Rector, Prof. Stephen Morgan thanked the Vice Chairman for his warm welcome, felicitations and his support in building the Ilha Verde Campus during his term as a Chief Executive. He also introduced the objectives of the future development plans of the University and stated that “USJ is in, of and for Macao, China.”
Since its 24 years of establishment, USJ has cultivated the talents over 7,500 students in different fields, and has played a unique and important role in serving and promoting social harmony in the Macao society. With its unique internationalised culture, the University will continue its role to serve Macao as the platform for economic and trade co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries in conjunction with the Central Government’s Belt and Road Initiative, whilst supporting the local Government’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area initiatives. USJ will uphold the highest academic standards, to promote its identity and ethos, to foster social development rooted in the traditions of Macao, and to advance new academic programs on architecture, design services and environmental science, towards a significant cultural platform of exchange between East and West.
Vice-Chairman Ho expressed his gratitude to USJ for the 24 years of development in Macao as a distinctive higher educational institution. He underlined the importance of USJ’s contribution as a platform in strengthening exchanges between Macao, the Portuguese-speaking Countries and other European Countries. He encouraged USJ to strengthen the connections with the Mainland China to further promote the integration of educational exchanges between Macao and China. At last, he expressed his wish for the success of the new management team to lead the University to the next level.