SCS and the Association for Adult Education Visit Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

Vice Rector and the Dean of the SCS of City U, Prof. Aliana Leong together with four leaders of the Association for Adult Education visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. Chairman of the Association for Adult Education, Mr. Leão, João Baptista Manuel, Vice Chairman Prof. Aliana Leong,Secretary General Wong W. K., and the Chief Financial Officer Liao G.Z. were welcomed by the Director of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Macau), Lu C.S. and the Officer Shi M. Y.

Mr. Leão, João Baptista Manuel gave a brief description of the history of the Association and the work done in the past year. He stated that visiting famous institutions for continuing studies in Taiwan strengthens  academic exchanges between Macau and Taiwan.

Prof. Aliana Leong stated that through cooperation with Macau higher institutions, especially the recent cooperation with the SCS of City U, the Association introduced advanced methods and concepts in adult education from Taiwan that could very well benefit Macau. The cooperation received great support from scholars in Taiwan to successfully organize seminars and offer diploma programs related to continuing education recognized by the local government and academia training professional instructors for Macau continuing education. The Director of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Macau) Lu C.S., acknowledged the Association’s efforts and work in continuing education, and introduced the status of Taiwan Community College. Chief Financial Officer, Liao G.Z., said that the Institute received the delegation led by the Rector of Fo Guang University months ago, and the institute planned to revisit Fo Guang University  to deepen the exploration and understanding of Taiwan's continuing education. Director Lu C. S. expressed his willingness to coordinate the visit. The Institute scheduled the visit in November.

During the visit, both sides conducted lively exchanges and Prof. Aliana Leong presented her series of comparative research monographs for the Cross-strait Region.