The tourism and gaming industry continues to grow in 2012 with the latest project to open in town - Sands Cotai – which is unveiling another 3000-odd rooms, numerous meeting, entertainment and shopping facilities beginning from April. The recruitment for human resources to run these operations has started and the job market is presenting again some new opportunities, as well as challenges to different stakeholders. IFT has just accepted applications for the academic year 2012/13. In line with the market trend, applications for the day-time bachelor degree programmes saw a double-digit increase too. The evening bachelor degree programmes will accept applications in May and an increase is also expected. Our continuing education and professional programmes have expanded in variety and scope, covering new fields in cultural and creative studies, and health and wellness, in response to the Government’s effort to diversify the tourism industry and service providers’ attempts to offer better and more professional relaxation experiences to visitors.

Job opportunities abound here for our students, yet we keep reminding them – and new comers - to think long-term, and make serious choice and good balance between their study time and immediate financial return. At IFT, we offer extra-curricular activities to enrich students’ campus life and promote whole person development. With the help of the industry, we see more structured on-the-job training and management trainee programmes available. The four years of university life develops independent thinking and lays a solid foundation for advanced learning. We hope students will make the most of this precious stage of their lifetime, be well-equipped to contribute to society and attain their career aspirations in the future.

Fanny Vong, PhD
President

The objectives of the Dean’s list are to:

Technical and Academic Support Division

以上38名學生獲提名至校長榮譽榜。

學院感謝上述嘉賓與學生們分享他們的專業經驗。

Tourism and Hotel School

With the multicultural occurrence over the centuries, Macao has shaped its primary trait - high tolerance and respect for different cultures and values - which makes this small piece of land a friendly and amiable place for visitors. This special feature has not only been reflected in various significant ways; it can also be “tasted” when people are wandering over the city. In fact, apart from the tangible cultural hybridisation, the food in Macao is also a good manifestation of cultural integration. With an aim to introduce how food affects and represents culture, Food of Macao, the fourth book in the Macao Cultural Tourism Series, was launched by Pearson last December. The authors of the book, IFT’s Dr. Cora Wong and Alexander Chao, seek to provide information about the origins and evolutions of different kinds of food cultures that can be found in Macao. The book is divided into 12 chapters, including the rites of dining; the Chinese cuisine; the Portuguese cuisine; the Macanese cuisine; the Italian cuisine; the French cuisine; Macao snacks; Japanese cuisine; Thai cuisine; Korean cuisine; South-East Asian cuisines and lastly the Vegetarian meals. It is now available at our library. If you want to add it to your book collection, you can buy it through amazon.com, Pousada de Mong-Há or the local bookstores.

Tourism and Hotel School

由黃婉姸博士及周聖來老師編著的澳門文化旅遊叢書系列之四《澳門美食之旅》經已出版。此書旨在介紹在日常生活中所交織出的飲食文化，務求使廣大讀者對本澳主流飲食文化結構、起源及禮節有更深入的認識。

The Tourism and Hotel School is organising the two following cultural heritage seminars: ‘Ou-Mun Kei-Leok, a Chronicle of Macao and Its Different Editions’ and ‘Cheang Kun Ying, a Historical Personage of Macao’.

Ou Mun Kei Leok, first published in 1751, was the first monograph to record Macao in her historical, geographical and cultural perspectives. The book also describes details of local folks, crafts, customs and habits. With abundant and accurate illustrations, the book is regarded as an important reference for the early development of the city. THS invited Dr. Tang Chon Chit, President of Macau Documentation and Information Society, to host the seminar in which information on the authors and the special features of this historical record will be discussed. In April, Dr. Tang Keng Pan, President of the Association for Macau’s Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection, will spend an evening with us to share his knowledge about the life and the contribution of a significant figure, Cheang Kun Ying. If you are interested in these two topics, simply visit our website at http://www.ift.edu.mo/EN/CurrentCourses/Home/Index/350 and reserve a place online.

 Tourism and Hotel School

旅業及酒店業學校將於3及4月舉辦兩場文化遺產系列講座，分別為由鄧駿捷博士主講的「《澳門記略》及其版本」和鄧景濱博士主講的「澳門歷史名人鄭觀應」。

Thanks to Macao’s inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list, the Historic Centre of Macao, as well as its significance and preservation, have been brought to our attention. However, to safeguard our cultural heritage, there is always more that can be done.

When stakeholders were discussing the legislation for architectural and cultural heritage conservation, the Macau Documentation and Information Society put their eyes on another form of heritage in our city – to illustrate our heritage in a documentary format. In being one of the first places where the East met the West, Macao was a place where missionaries started their journeys in the Far East. The records of their activities over the centuries have now become an invaluable reference to the world as they have documented the development of Catholicism, and its influences on culture, economics and education in China and Europe. These records, compiled as the ‘archives and materials of the Macao Diocese from the 1550s to 1800s’ were inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MOW) for the Asia-Pacific region on the 9 March, 2010. As an extension of the Conservation of UNESCO World Heritage, the MOW Programme aims at facilitating preservation and improving access capabilities through the awareness generated by documentaries.

In order to introduce the Programme and the significance of the local documentary on our heritage to the general public, in May this year, THS will invite Dr. Helen Leong Hoi Keng, Director of the Macau Documentation and Information Society, to share with us the inscription process as seen in the MOW documentary and some of her recent research findings. ”.

 Tourism and Hotel School

隨着人們對文化遺產保存意識的增強，不同形式的世界遺產開始逐漸受到關注。為增加市民大眾對本澳歷史文獻與聯合國教科文組織《世界記憶名錄》的認識，旅業及酒店業學校邀請澳門文獻資訊學會理事長楊開荊博士於五月就此講題作深入探討。

QI Shanshan joins us as a Visiting Assistant Professor in tourism management. Shanshan received her PhD from the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2011. She was a computer science graduate. After she graduated with a BSc in computer technology, from the University of East London, Shanshan changed her major to e-tourism development and attained her master degree from the University of Surrey, UK. Shanshan’s research interests lay in computer technology applications in tourism and tourism/hospitality website evaluations.

Henrique Fatima Boyol NGAN joins us as a Lecturer in human resources and organisational behaviour. He started his career in the area of psychological counseling, and eventually made the transition to the business industry, where he provided several HRM solutions as a consultant. In addition to that, Henrique was a trainer and designed and delivered programmes and certified courses in the hospitality industry. Prior to joining IFT Henrique was a lecturer at the University of Saint Joseph and Macao Polytechnic Institute.

Penny WAN Yim King joins us as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Penny received her PhD from the University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral thesis concerns about sustainability and governance issues, exploring the power relations and decision-making of Hong Kong’s tourism and residential land use. Before joining IFT, Penny has taught a range of tourism, hospitality and urban planning subjects and supervised student dissertation at the tertiary level in Macao and Hong Kong. She also provides trainings to hotel casinos and integrated resorts in different destinations. In addition, Penny has been a tourism consultant with project experiences (i.e. theme parks, golf courses, and retail planning and hotel developments) in Asia. Her research interests focus on sustainable tourism planning, heritage management and conservation, cross-cultural behaviours, gaming, hospitality services, and urban planning. ”.

 Tourism College

歡迎以上教職員於2012年1-3月加入旅遊學院。

Technical and Academic Support Division

David Wong Yuk Shan, Executive Assistant Manager of the Food and Beverage Department at IFT recently launched his second cookbook entitled The Art of Modern Portuguese Cuisine.

With a passion for cooking, David settled in Macao and was inspired by the rich Macanese gastronomic culture. David later authored his first cookbook – The Art of Modern Portuguese Cuisine and other IFT Delights, which won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award in 2008 for the Best Easy Recipes Book, in the Macao region.

The Art of Modern Portuguese Cuisine is David’s second cookbook, which proudly presents his patrons’ and his fellow chefs’ favourite Portuguese influenced dishes at the IFT Educational Restaurant. These IFT signature dishes are a few examples from our chefs’ years of persistency in their quest for excellence in cooking and are now available for all through David Wong’s latest book. It is hoped that readers the dishes offset forth in this book, as well as the fine art of cooking.

Public Relations

學院餐飲部行政副經理黃育山版了他的第二本烹飪書【新式葡國菜】，希望讀者透過此書享受烹飪的樂趣。