Shun Tak Group (the “Group”) continues to support youth development with its cultural tourism resources. On 17 October, through T+ Exploration, its flagship youth community investment project, the Group partnered with the Patriotic Education Partnership (PEP) Program of Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group (“TKWW”) to lead 20 Hong Kong teachers on a national education and cultural exchange trip to Macao. The Group arranged visits to the Loving the Country, Loving Macao Education Base for Young People, the Handover Gifts Museum of Macao, the Commemorative Gallery of the Macao Basic Law, and the Group-managed Macau Tower, giving frontline educators a first-hand look at Macao’s urban development, its multicultural heritage, and the progress of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the “Greater Bay Area”), along with teaching materials to bring back to Hong Kong classrooms.
Deeply rooted in Hong Kong and Macao, the Group regards nurturing young people as its mission. Launched in 2024, T+ Exploration harnesses the Group’s hospitality and leisure, property, transportation, and retail businesses across the Greater Bay Area to offer young people hands-on experiences beyond the classroom. In its first year, the project trained 100 youth ambassadors, with support from nearly 20 partner units and 70 professional engagements. The Group has also joined TKWW’s PEP Program for the 2025/26 academic year, forming long-term partnerships with 30 schools in Hong Kong and Macao and providing teachers and students with diverse national education resources. This trip extended the partnership from resource provision to field study, drawing on the Group’s cultural tourism strengths to help Hong Kong teachers broaden their teaching horizons.
The delegation’s first stop, arranged by the Group, was Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre. Standing 338 meters tall, Macau Tower has been managed by the Group since its opening in 2001 and is one of the city’s iconic landmarks. On a guided tour, the teachers learned about the tower’s development, its operations, and its positioning as a destination for conventions, sightseeing, and adventure, and viewed the closely linked cityscapes of Zhuhai and Macao from the observation deck.
The delegation then toured three national education sites. At the Loving the Country, Loving Macao Education Base for Young People, the teachers examined exhibitions, study programs, and interactive teaching resources designed for young people, and exchanged ideas with staff on curriculum planning, case development, and activity design. At the Handover Gifts Museum of Macao, they revisited Macao’s return to China in 1999. At the Commemorative Gallery of the Macao Basic Law, they explored the achievements of “One Country, Two Systems” put into practice in Macao and considered how to adapt them into teaching materials for Hong Kong students.
The teachers said the trip gave them a fuller, more vivid understanding of the Greater Bay Area’s development and the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in Macao, and that the real-life examples they gathered would enrich their lessons. Brought back to their schools, these materials will help more Hong Kong students understand Macao’s positioning and the nation’s Greater Bay Area strategy. To close the trip, the teachers presented the Group and TKWW with a handwritten calligraphy couplet. Weaving both organizations’ Chinese names into its message, the couplet expresses the hope of passing on Chinese culture and nurturing future pillars of society through national education in Macao, as a token of thanks to both organizations for building the exchange platform.
Looking ahead, the Group will continue to collaborate with the education sectors in Hong Kong and Macao through T+ Exploration and the PEP Program, harnessing its cultural tourism resources to further enrich the content and formats of national education. It aims to help nurture a new generation with a strong sense of national identity, national pride, and international perspective, empowering young people to integrate into and contribute to the nation’s overall development.