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Pinoy execs in Macau promoting PHL as ideal destination for college educ
At the Macau Education Fair 2012, Philippine officials in Macau made a pitch for the Philippines as an ideal destination for college education. According to the Philippine Consulate General in Macau, the Macau Education Fair 2012 ran from February 24 to 26 at The Venetian-Macau. "The Consulate sought to attract students from Macau as well as those from the Pan-Pearl River Delta region of China by highlighting the Philippine universities' internationally-recognized curriculum, English-language instructions, and widely recognized strengths in areas of medicine, dentistry, nursing and allied sciences, social sciences, agriculture, law, information technology, the arts, (and) maritime studies," the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a news release. This year's education fair featured numerous leading institutions from 18 countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, France, and the United States. According to the DFA, the Philippine Consulate's booth featured the following Philippine universities:
- Ateneo de Manila University
- University of the Philippines-Diliman
- Southern Luzon State University
- University of the East
- Far Eastern University
- Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation
- University of Baguio
- Philippine Christian University
- University of San Carlos, and
- Centro Escolar University.
