Briefs | CE in Guangzhou to discuss anti-flood plan
Chief Executive Chui Sai On will visit Guangdong Province today to discuss plans with provincial leaders for a cross-boundary flood prevention system. The system is intended to solve Macau’s flooding issues. Chui’s visit to the provincial capital comes about a week after Beijing approved in principle plans for the anti-flooding system. According to the government, the chief executive has expressed his gratitude to mainland authorities for “their prompt response and preparation for work meetings on flood prevention.” The officials accompanying Chui on his visit to Guangzhou include the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, the Director of the Marine and Water Bureau, Susana Wong and the Director of the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau, Li Canfeng.
UM reaches biomedical collaboration deal
Three world-renowned oncology experts recently visited the University of Macau (UM) to exchange ideas and sign a collaboration deal with local scholars on biomedical research in the fields of teaching and research. The three experts were Professor Mitch Dowsett and Dr Maggie Cheang from the Institute of Cancer Research in the United Kingdom, as well as Dr Janice Tsang from the University of Hong Kong. According to a statement from UM, the experts consulted with local scholars, Lam Kam Seng, the chair of UM’s University Council and Patrick Huen, director of the Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation. The parties had an in-depth discussion, resulting in a collaboration agreement for teaching and research in breast cancer tumor markers, molecular typing, clinical experiments and other areas of biomedical sciences.
