Social commentator Larry So Man Yum said yesterday he worried that the recent 100-million-yuan (123 million patacas) donation by the public Macau Foundation (FM) to Jinan University in Guangzhou will further divide mainland students and those from Hong Kong and Macau.
So, who teaches social work at the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM), made the remarks during a group interview on the tertiary institute’s campus in Zape.
The casino-funded but government-run foundation said in a statement on Friday that the donation will be made over two years, giving 50 million yuan each year. The donation will be used as part of the construction of a media studies centre and two Hong Kong-Macau student halls on the university’s new campus in Guangzhou’s Panyu district, according to a statement by the foundation late last week.
Social commentator Larry So Man Yum speaks to reporters during yesterday’s group interview on the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) campus. Photo: Leong Lok Ian
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