DSEDJ continuing to promote ‘May 4 values’

Aiming to continue to promote the values arising from the “May Fourth Movement,” the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) is organizing a series of activities for students, the deputy director of DSEDJ, Kong Chi Meng, said yesterday in a press conference on the topic.
While presenting the program, Kong noted that the activities aim to “promote the spirit of the May 4 and its patriotic, democratic, scientific and of progressive values.”
The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement stemming from a student protest held in Beijing on May 4, 1919. It is considered to have precipitated the intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reforms that occurred in China in between 1917 and 1921.
This movement paved the way for national independence, the emancipation of the individual, and rebuilding society and culture.
Kong noted that this year the celebrations will once again include the Chinese flag hoisting ceremony which was canceled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ceremony will be held at the Macao Polytechnic Institute multisport pavilion, and, according to the DSEDJ deputy director, it will count the presence of around 700 students from 35 different schools in Macau, from Primary to higher education levels.
The official also noted that to comply with the current Health Bureau guidelines, all participants in the event will have to have a Nucleic Acid Test and return a negative result, have their body temperature taken before entering the venue, and wear face masks throughout the session.
Another activity included in the commemoration of May 4 is a theatrical performance hosted from May 4 onwards at the Patriotic Education Base.
According to Kong, the Theatre aims to “deepen the knowledge of the movement and its consequences, as well as its relation to the contemporary development of China.”
At the same press conference, the Secretary-general of the Macao Youth Federation, Tai Ka Peng, added that the group is co-organizing a series of activities on the topic, including a Chinese language speech competition on the May Fourth Movement, and two online activities that include quizzes to test students’ knowledge.
Other activities include field trips to Hengqin, to learn about the policies for the development of the Greater Bay Area, and a visit to the pavilion that displays the functioning of the yet-to-be-completed interchange neighborhood between Macau and Zhuhai, added Tang Man Kei, the head of the Youth Affairs Council of the General Union of Neighborhood Associations of Macao.

Youth Policy report to be published in mid-2021

Questioned by the media on when the results of the study and consultation done by the government on future youth policies would be released, the deputy director of DSEDJ, Kong Chi Meng, said that the results are currently being compiled in a final report, and will be published “mid this year.” He also noted that further details still needed to be entered.