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The Secretary for Education, Mr Michael Suen, today (March 4) made an official visit to the Macao Special Administrative Region. He met education officials to learn about the latest developments of education in the city and discussed with them ways to enhance mutual co-operation in various domains of education.
Mr Suen visited the Juvenile Arts Exhibition and Performance Hall and the Centre of Education Resources under the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau in Macao. The historical exhibition hall, located inside a heritage building, displayed the creative and artistic works of local youth in Macao. Mr Suen admired the creative works being displayed and learned from the staff how the exhibition hall helped cultivate the artistic talent of youth and contributed to the promotion of arts education in Macao.
Mr Suen toured the Education Resources Centre and gained firsthand information on how the centre provides support and education facilities to teachers and facilitates the exchange of professional development among teachers.
Mr Suen then met Macao's Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Mr Chui Sai-on and Director of Education and Youth Affairs Bureau Mr Sou Chiu-fai and discussed ways to foster further mutual co-operation in education.
Mr Sou said his Macao counterparts were glad to have exchanges with Hong Kong. They also have internet access to the teaching materials on the website of Hong Kong Education Bureau's (EDB) Central Resources Centre and some of the teaching resources of the Hong Kong Education City.
Mr Suen invited Macao officials of the Youth Affairs Bureau to visit EDB and schools in Hong Kong, to share with frontline principals and teachers each others' experience and expertise in education, as well as share views with EDB officials on information technology education, system and information management and educational statistics.
The visit delegation led by Mr Suen included the Deputy Secretary of Education, Mr Michael Wong, and the Principal Assistant Secretary (Curriculum Development) Dr Chan Ka-Ki.
Ends/Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:07
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