Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s Splendors of China in-house program to instill national pride and patriotism through education and awareness was launched in 2016. As part of the program, Melco today invited the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau SAR as Adviser and delegates of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), including Ms. Ho Sut Heng, Member of the NPC, President of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions; Mr. Kevin Ho King Lun, Member of the NPC, President of the Industry and Commerce Association of Macau; Mr. Frederico Ma Chi Ngai, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, President of the Macao Chamber of Commerce; and Mr. Lawrence Ho, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Chairman & CEO of Melco to share the Spirits of China’s first session of the 14th NPC and first session of the 14th CPPCC, also known as Two Sessions 2023.
Mr. Sun Yaohua, Director of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau SAR; Ms. Cheong Man Fai, Head of Youth Department of the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ); and Ms. Ng On Lou, Acting Head of Research and Data Analysis Division of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ); were in attendance as the event’s Guests of Honor. Melco senior executives including Mr. Clarence Chung, Board Director; Dr. Kent Wong, Chief Advisor and Dr. Raymond Lo, Senior Vice President, Property General Manager of Altira Macau & Mocha welcomed guests to the event.
The guest speakers shared the Spirits of the Two Sessions, including topics related to Macau, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, the development of Hengqin and Macau and major economic policies, as well as those related to the people’s livelihood.
The sharing event was hosted at Studio City with an audience comprising Melco management and non-management colleagues and representatives from Macau’s educational institutes, including professors, teaching staff and students. The event was also broadcast live to further colleagues in Hong Kong and Macau. To further share the Sprits of the Two Sessions, a highlight video will be produced and broadcasted to colleagues at the company’s Heart of House areas.
In his speech, Mr. Lawrence Ho, Chairman & CEO of Melco, said, “This year’s government work report and Chairman Xi’s important speech once again clarified the development goal of Macau’s integration into the overall situation of the country, emphasizing the ‘promotion of the construction of a strong country must not be separated from the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau’, and that to ‘unwaveringly implement the ‘one country, two systems’ principle is to support Hong Kong and Macau in developing their economy and improve people’s livelihoods’. This is especially encouraging for Macau, where the economy is now seeing a gradual recovery after the epidemic.”
Mr. Ho further delivered his thoughts on the importance of supporting Macau in becoming a model of quality development within the Greater Bay Area; bolstering the city’s unique international advantages and the telling of good Chinese stories; supporting the construction of the Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; and supporting the cultivation of patriotic core values and love for Macau.
The Forum forms part of Melco’s Splendors of China learning program for promoting patriotism and the principle of ‘Loving the Country, Loving Macau’ through education on the culture, history, modernization and latest development of the Motherland to Melco colleagues and the wider community. Over 8,000 Melco colleagues have completed the ‘Splendors of China Passport Program’, with 98% of participants indicating that the program has made them more proud of China’s culture, and which has enabled them to become interested in developing further learning on Chinese history and culture.
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