On occasion of the two great celebrations of the 60th anniversary of our mother country and the 10th anniversary of Macao SAR’s establishment this year, as well as the soon coming Legislative Assembly election, the College had organized a series of activities such as visits and sharing meeting during June and July, Van said. These events were relevant to the theme of the semester “Show concern for our nation and Macau SAR while improving total quality of the College.” She expressed that the enhancement of self management ability of students was a key emphasis in work this academic year, thus the students were strongly advised to take part in social services more often so that they could cultivate self-independence competencies through the events to gain total professional development.

Dr. Zhang Xuming, the Honorary Professor of the College and Director of Kiang Wu Hospital presented a general profile of the service status of KWH including the newly inaugurated Dr. Henry Fok Building to the audience. Then came the awarding section, Scholarships sponsored by various parties were granted to candidates, awarded respectively by the guests of honor of the Ceremony; three nurses from Kiang Wu Hospital and one from the Fifth Subsidiary Sun Yat-sen University Hospital were awarded the Best Clinical Preceptor Award 2008/2009.
From Aug. 28th to 30th, an Orientation Camp specially designed for the new students took place at Centro de Formacao Juvenil Dom Bosco. The activity was aimed at helping all the new students understand their personal attributes and communication style, set up a close human relationship, learn how to get along with people and support with each other, share with the others the personal experience so as to get better understanding of the nursing profession.