Subgroup of Elites Nurturing Plan makes preparations for various talents nurturing cooperation projects

The Subgroup of Elites Nurturing Plan under the Talents Development Committee held its second meeting for the year 2015 on 31st July, chaired by Subgroup Leader Dr. Wu Zhi Liang. During the meeting, Secretariat of the Committee invited Ms Akiko Takahashi, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. to introduce talents training plans of relevant sector, followed by a brief introduction of the admission status of the first elites nurturing plan and progress report on the cooperation projects with Portugal and UNESCO.

Ms Akiko Takahashi first introduced various training programs and internal promotion opportunities at the Melco Group. Committee members expressed agreement to their training programs, and gathered opinions on talents training from the Group and their needs in this area after discussion. Secretariat then reported the admission status of the Subsidy Scheme for the Global Leaders Masters Course of University of Cambridge. Screening and interview related to the scheme have been reviewed by the Committee earlier and the list of grantees has been published on the website of SCDT.

Later on, committee members carried out active discussions on the cooperation plans with The Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities, University of Coimbra in Portugal, University of Lisbon in Portugal and UNESCO in order to explore relevant forms of cooperation. Members agreed unanimously that the promotion of different talents training projects can help improve the quality of talents training of the SAR government and attract talents from different sectors in order to better equip talents to cope with the needs of sustainable development of the Macao society. In the future, the Committee will gather data on the training of young people from various government departments and continue to strengthen cooperation projects with local and world leading higher education institutions concerning the Elites Nurturing Plan.

Members of the Subgroup of Elites Nurturing Plan in attendance included: Dr. Wu Zhi Liang, Leong Lai, Zhao Wei, Lei Heong Iok, So Ying Suen, Liu Liang, Pang Su Seng and Sou Chio Fai.