SJM Resorts, S.A. (“SJM”) awarded scholarships to 34 children of staff at the 17th SJM Scholarship Award Ceremony earlier this week, including presenting new scholarships to ten outstanding students of 2021, and renewal of scholarships for 24 recipients of past years.
The ceremony also witnessed the renewal of SJM Scholarships to 24 recipients of 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, who were each awarded 20,000 patacas for the new academic year. Among them, Zheng Libin and Tam Hou In were named the best performing students in the past academic year, and were each given an additional encouragement award of 5,000 patacas.
The SJM Scholarship Award programme awards outstanding children of staff to further their university studies, with the goal of nurturing talents for Macau. Children of SJM and STDM employees who are first-year undergraduates are eligible to apply. The programme awards ten scholarships annually to children of staff, who are each awarded MOP20,000 per year until they finish their university studies (up to five years). Renewal of scholarships is based on the annual assessment of the recipients’ academic results by the SJM Scholarship Selection Committee. The SJM Scholarship Award Ceremony, since it was established in 2015, has witnessed the graduation of 117 students.
In addition to offering scholarships to children of staff, SJM has set up scholarship programmes with local institutions. SJM also pays in full school fees of staff members to further their studies at Macau Millennium College, and supports recurrent education by encouraging employees to complete their secondary school education at Millennium Secondary School. Moreover, SJM is committed to promoting patriotic education. The SJM Staff Welfare Consultative Committee has organised staff participation in the patriotic education programme in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi since 2014. SJM staff were the first batch of corporate employees to attend the training course on Chinese history and culture offered jointly by Macau Millennium College and a research institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 2018.
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SJM Resorts S.A., Board of Directors Chairman Daisy Ho Chiu Fung (centre) poses with 10 of the 17th Annual SJM Scholarship Award winners. Photo: SJM
