Taxis sit parked in front of the Galaxy Macau casino and hotel, developed by Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, illuminated at night in Macao, China, Feb 22, 2017. [Photo/VCG] The Macao Special Administrative Region has attached unprecedented importance to cultivating people able to speak both Mandarin and Portuguese, language and culture scholars said. They added that the efforts by Macao are one answer to the country's call for the SAR to become a commercial and trade cooperation service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Only 0.6 percent of Macao residents speak Portuguese, according to official statistics. The total population of Macao is more than 650,000. Yao Jingming, head of the Department of Portuguese at the University of Macau, said more seats and scholarships have been provided for local students to study Portuguese. Macao's education and youth affairs bureau has launched a plan that subsidizes local secondary school graduates who pursue a degree at Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. The effort aims to foster young people's bilingual language competency in different professional fields, such as business management, economics, psychology and biological engineering. All are taught in Portuguese at the university. Gloria Yang Junyi, a 21-year-old UM senior studying Portuguese, attended a government-funded exchange program at the University of Lisbon from February to June. She recalled being immersed in a Portuguese-language environment and making remarkable progress in her language competency, as well as deepening her understanding of Portuguese culture. I believe the study tour will allow me to stand out amid fierce competition in the job market, Yang said. Meanwhile, according to Yao, the UM educator, Chinese-Portuguese bilingual education is being promoted in elementary and secondary schools. Beginning last year, Chinese-Portuguese bilingual classes were launched in two local public schools in Macao, aiming to give priority to the training of bilingual talent for government positions. The Macao government introduced teaching materials combining Chinese and Portuguese. In addition, Macao has established Asia's largest Portuguese teaching institute - the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Center - in a bid to establish what it said is a reference framework for Portuguese language education targeting Chinese students. The center first opened its doors in May last year. With these efforts, the city has experienced an upsurge of interest in learning Portuguese, Yao said. Looking forward, experts are calling for more exchange programs and internship opportunities for local students in Portuguese-speaking countries. With more exchanges and communication, people from Portuguese-speaking countries have begun to understand China and its development strategies, leading to more in-depth and high-level collaboration between both sides, said Chao Peng, master's degree program director of the Institute for Research on Portuguese-Speaking Countries at City University of Macau. customize your own charm braceletimprinted rubber braceletsrubber braceletspersonalized ballerina bracelettriple single rubber band bracelet
LANZHOU -- Chinese researchers have found huge amount of diversified particles in the dust on the Gobi desert around the border of China and Mongolia.The atmospheric particles may have effects on ecosystems and human health, according to the researchers from Lanzhou University.Bioaerosols, a class of atmospheric particles, range in size from nanometers up to about a tenth of a millimeter. They are made up of living and dead organisms.Bioaerosols can be bacteria, fungi or viruses. They exist in the lower atmosphere and can cause respiratory disease.The researchers conducted the Dust-Bioaerosol Campaign from 2014, focusing on the origin, diversity and transport of bioaerosols along dust pathways in North China, where dust events affect vast area and large number of people.They collected air samples through a filter and extracted the DNA.The results showed large amount of bioaerosols present in dust on the Gobi desert indicating a remarkable increases in bacteria during dust events, when the diversity of the bacteria also increased significantly.The dust can carry many types of bacteria to downwind regions and may have an important impact on ecological environment, climate change and agriculture.Nearly 1 billion tonnes of dust enters the atmosphere across Asia each year, according to the report. It mainly comes from the Gobi and Taklimakan deserts. silicone wristbands no minimumsilicone rubber wristbandsforza horizon how many wristbandsbig rubber braceletstriple single rubber band bracelet<%2fcenter>
