UM holds flag-raising ceremony on National Day

In celebration of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the National Flag Team of the University of Macau (UM) held a flag-raising ceremony at UM Lotus Square today (1 October). Members of the National Flag Team escorted the national flag of the People’s Republic of China, the regional flag of the Macao SAR, and the UM flag, and marched to the flagpole near ‘The Wall of Great Wisdom’. As the national anthem played, the three flags were raised. Around 500 UM members attended the ceremony, including Vice Rector Mok Kai Meng, Dean of Students Paul Pang, as well as college masters and members of residential colleges.