Yesterday, Typhoon Hato\nstruck Macao, causing unprecedented damage throughout the city, including the\nUniversity of Macau (UM) campus. Fortunately, a group of dedicated colleagues\nin Macao and at UM remained in their positions yesterday in the dangerous\nweather, working hard to restore Macao and the campus to normal operation.\nAfter emergency repair, power and water supply has been partially restored on\nthe UM campus. Currently, UM colleagues are racing against the clock to repair\ndamaged classrooms, library, Sports Complex, and trees. UM will do its best to\nresume normal teaching activities as soon as possible.<\/p>
Yesterday (23 August)\nmorning, UM established a command\ncentre for emergency control. UM colleagues have been working around clock to\nrepair damaged facilities. Although water and electricity supply was cut off by\nthe typhoon, the residential colleges at UM still managed to provide basic food\nand water to the students last night. Power supply to some critical\nlaboratories at the university has been partially restored, reducing server\ndamage. In the process of disaster control and post-disaster recovery, UM\u2019s top\npriorities include (1) ensuring the safety of every individual on campus, (2)\nrestoring and maintaining basic conditions of living, including electricity for\nlighting, drinking water, and food; and (3) examining and repairing damaged\nclassrooms so as to resume teaching and other academic activities as soon as\npossible. UM is confident that it will recover from the disaster and restore\nthe campus to its normal condition soon.<\/p>
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Today, UM students formed\nvolunteer teams to assist with post-typhoon work in the community. Wu Linkun\norganised a volunteer team to assist with cleaning up fallen trees and garbage\non the UM campus and in Coloane. \u2018Natural disasters are inevitable, but from\nthis disaster we can see that Macao residents are willing to be there for each\nother during difficult times,\u2019 says Wu. \u2018We will do our best to help our\nuniversity and Macao residents.\u2019 Another student named Blair Chan assisted with\ncleaning up the garbage in Coloane. He says, \u2018I saw how hard the policemen and\nfiremen worked. Some of them worked all night for emergency repair. I felt very\ntouched. I hope to do something to help, so we can rebuild our community and\nour homes as soon as possible. \u2019<\/p>
Source: Communications Office<\/p>
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