~On 11 December 2014, Ms. Bai Lu, the Director of International Program (China) of Quebec University / Director of Test Center of Test de Français International (TFI) in Guangzhou / Regional Manager of the Global Engagement-China American Scholar Group visited the Faculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau (FITM CityU). Professor Aliana Leong, Vice Rector of CityU /Dean of FITM together with several FITM team members met Ms. Bai at the Golden Dragon campus. Both parties introduced their respective organizations and long term goals. This was followed by discussions on several potential and important collaborative areas including how best to activate TFI's Test Centre in CityU, co-operating with the Service Industry Management Program, exchanging Academic credits, and other related matters.
Université du Québec (UQ), established in 1968, is located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Currently there are 94,000 students in 750 undergraduate and graduate programs. Its 10 campuses are scattered across the province. The university is staffed by 6,780 professors and lecturers and has 4,100 regular employees. Tourism Management and Education Management are well known programs at UQ. CityU and UQ wish to reach an agreement on collaboration in these two areas. Furthermore, in her role as Director of the Test Center of TFI in Guangzhou, Ms. Bai has been seeking a location in Hong Kong or Macau to establish a TFI Test Centre. She is well pleased to know that CityU has been qualified as the TFI Test Centre by Educational Testing Services (ETS) since last year. With this solid foundation in place, a follow-up meeting has been agreed to discuss the details of organizing TFI in CityU in the coming year.
