The Social Welfare Bureau (SWB) and Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) signed a scholarship agreement on 1 July 2015. The signing ceremony was presided over by Mr Iong Kong Io, SWB Director, and Professor Lei Heong Iok, MPI President. According to the agreement, SWB will provide scholarships to four outstanding students from MPI’s Social Work programme on an annual basis. The goals are the encouragement of hard work among students, the training of more high-quality local Social Work professionals and the enhancement of the overall professional quality and academic capacity of Macao’s social services personnel.

Collaboration between SWB and MPI on scholarship provision began in 2006. SWB expressed its gratitude for MPI’s long and prominent contributions to the training of local Social Work professionals. Both parties expressed the hope that the scholarship recipients could continue their hard work and outstanding performance, serving and returning to the community the benefit of their solid professional knowledge and skills. Other guests attending the signing ceremony included amongst others: SWB Deputy Director Ms Vong Yim Mui, SWB department heads Mr Au Chi Keung, Mr Zhang Hong Xi and Ms Cheong Wai Fan, as well as Dr Im Sio Kei and Dr Lau Ping Kuen, respectively MPI’s Director of the School of Public Administration and Assistant Coordinator of MPI’s Social Work programme.

Professor Lei Heong Iok (right) and Mr Iong Kong Io signed the scholarship agreement on behalf of MPI and SWB.

Guests of the signing ceremony.