UM scholar to receive awards from APA

Brian Hall from the Department of Psychology at the University of Macau will receive three Early Career Awards from the American Psychological Association (APA) in August in Colorado. The three awards include the Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology, the 2016 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist, and the 2016 Early Career Psychologist Award for
International Psychology. These awards recognize psychological scientists in the early stages of their careers who have attained outstanding achievements or made outstanding contributions to professional clinical psychology, trauma psychology and international psychology respectively.

MGTO to announce hotel shutdown

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has called a press conference today to announce the shutdown of a hotel. “Several departments related to the issue” will attend the press conference where the shutdown of a hotel will be made public. The hotel in question is not yet clear, but it’s possible that it is the Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel that has been subject to multiple complications recently. The latest such complication was announced last week, when the Court of Final Appeal rejected an appeal over unpaid VIP gaming commissions during a dispute over money allegedly owed to Hoi Cheng Nga, who runs Macau-based Energy Travel Agency.

Regional drill for MERS virus reaction

The Health Bureau (IHM) is co-conducting a drill today, together with mainland China and Hong Kong health departments. The aim of the drill is to test the regional cooperative measures to be enforced in the case of a MERS virus outbreak. The three regions expect to test a communication system, as well as their abilities in co-prevention and co-control to combat the spreading of the virus. A total of 135 people will participate in the drill, including 70 people from IHM, 13 from the Fire Service Bureau, 50 from the Judiciary Police, and two from the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT).  Several streets around the IFT building will have limited access, and a number of parking spaces will be closed.