CityU co-hosts Seminar on the Exploration of Historical Resources on the Treaty of Wangxia, reflecting on history and promoting patriotic education
The “Seminar on the Exploration of Historical Resources on the Treaty of Wangxia” was held yesterday in the conference room of Kun Iam Tong. The event was jointly organized by the Memory of the World (MoW) Knowledge Centre – Macau at the City University of Macau (CityU), the Pou Chai Sim Iun (Kun Iam Tong) Pagoda or Temple Monks Charity Association, and the Macau Documentation and Information Society (MDIS). The seminar aimed to explore the excavation and compilation of historical documents, reflect on history, and promote patriotic education.
The seminar drew approximately 80 participants, including Venerable Shi Jiesheng, chairman of the Buddhist Association of Macau and abbot of Pou Chai Sim Iun (Kun Iam Tong); Guan Yanbin, director of the Research Office, and Wu Hui, deputy director of the Coordination Department, both from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR; Wu Zhiliang, dhairman of the Macao Foundation Board of Directors; Choi Kin Long, vice president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao; Cheng Wai Tong, deputy director of the Macao Government Tourism Office; Wicky So Kam Hung, pro-rector of CityU; Jin Lixian, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of CityU; Chao Peng, director of the Macau ‘One Belt, One Road’ Research Center at CityU; Shi Limei, librarian of CityU; Ung Pui Kun, secretary-general of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association and president of Kiang Wu Hospital; Florence Van Iat Kio, president of the Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau; Sit Kai Sin, director of the Maritime Museum of Macao; Cheang Hong Kuong, principal of Tong Nam School; Cheung Wai Ling, principal of Colégio Mateus Ricci; Lam Iok Fong, director of the Centre for Macau Studies of the University of Macau; Lin Guangzhi, director of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research at the Macau University of Science and Technology; Fr. Felipe Bacalso, jesuit father of the Society of Jesus in Macao; Tang Chon Chit, president of the MDIS; Helen Ieong Hoi Keng, chief of the Executive Board of the MDIS and representative of the MoW Knowledge Centre – Macau at CityU; and Yin Degang, chief of the Supervisory Board of the MDIS. Other attendees included members of the MDIS, history and culture scholars, representatives from religious, library, and archival communities, social organizations, and students.
