Corporate Bits | ift students successfully hold art plus mice event

More than 20 IFT students successfully held the Art Plus event at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Saturday. Entirely created, designed, marketed and executed by the students themselves, Art Plus was venue sponsored by The Venetian Macao, whose sponsorship included lucky draw items, event materials and equipment, audio-visual equipment, manpower, booths and more.
The students created the Art Plus exhibition as part of their Event Preparations course at the Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao (IFT), led by instructor Gene Capuano. Capuano is vice president of convention and exhibition operations for Venetian Macau Limited and is a CMP (Certified Meeting Professional). Capuano was one of the officiating guests at Saturday’s ribbon cutting, along with Simpson Lei, corporate communications manager; Fanny Vong, IFT’s president; and Queenie Tang, coordinator of IFT’s retail, business and management course.

cem cooperates with macau holy house of mercy rehabilitation center for the blind

In 2000, CEM pioneered the “Community Programme” in which voluntary technical staff provided free of charge safety checks and rewiring of electrical installations for elderly citizens living alone, underprivileged families, and citizens with special needs. Last year, CEM extended the scope to install special doorbell flashlights for members of the Macau Deaf Association.
This year the Program has been extended to help the members of the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, an institution under the social welfare scope of the Macau Holy House of Mercy. CEM volunteers not only perform safety checks but also relocate electrical parts of the electrical installation, such as sockets, wires, so that members who are visually impaired have better access to these components and live in a safer environment. 12 members of the Center have applied to be included in this initiative, and 8 more are expected to join later, totaling of 20 cases. The first batch of upgrades have just begun.

bnu and bank of china partner on promoting business between china and portuguese speaking countries

On June 25th, Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) and Bank of China (BOC), Macau Branch signed a protocol on promoting business between China and Portuguese speaking countries.
The signing of the Protocol signifies the start of more in-depth and comprehensive cooperation between the two banks. Via the global network of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), the parent company of BNU, and Bank of China, a platform of information and communication channels will be created to share market information on China and Portuguese speaking countries. It is to promote cross-referrals of business opportunities and also to strengthen the cooperation in settlement and credit related business.