Macau casino firm MGM China Holdings Ltd saw its MGM Golden Lion Summer Camp for young people staged for the first time at the ‘Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin’, the latter a project between Macau and authorities on the Chinese mainland, that aims to boost diversification of Macau’s economy.
This year’s camp, taking as its theme “Unleashing Youth Potential”, was a three-day, two-night gathering featuring personal-skills training and also site visits to projects at the zone.
The camp, from August 13 to 15, was attended by 200 junior and high school students drawn from more than 40 local schools.
Participants engaged in a variety of “integrated training activities, combining outdoor orienteering, team-building exercises, and creative problem-solving challenges, aiming to cultivate their adaptability and collaboration skills,” said MGM China in an August 25 statement.
The camp included a visit to life-sciences firm BYHEALTH Co Ltd in Hengqin, and its ‘Transparent Factory’ (pictured).
The young people also visited the ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macau’, also in the Cooperation Zone.
MGM China said the initiative aimed overall “to help young participants explore their potential, expand their social networks, and strengthen their capacities, while also deepening their understanding of the opportunities and challenges” in Hengqin.
Wendy Yu, executive vice president of human resources at MGM China, was cited as saying: “Since its launch in 2012, the Golden Lion Summer Camp has been well-received by local youth and continues to grow in both scale and content.
“Our objective is to provide enriching training that empowers the younger generation to enhance themselves and unlock their potential, nurturing future leaders for Macau.”
This year’s gathering, known as the 8th MGM Golden Lion Summer Camp, was supported and coordinated by the Young Men’s Christian Association of Macau, with recruitment efforts from the Education and Youth Development Bureau of the Macau government, the Chinese Educators’ Association of Macau and the Macau Catholic Schools Association.
