Inspiring Seminars (2019)

餐饮是中國人生活中的最为重要內容。食物本是人們生存的基本需求，它與純粹精神領域的文化有什麼樣的關係？ 在中国传统美食中又能看出中國人對社會和人生怎樣的態度？在中式飲食習慣，是否體現出中國文化的某些特性？中國精神文化的許多方面都與飲食有著千絲萬縷的聯繫，大到治國之道，小到人際往來。

Mr. Carlos Malvas, senior advisor at the Macau Prison Director’s Office, gave an insightful talk on February 27 at CKPC’s Inspiring Seminar Series.  Mr. Malvas came to Macau from Portugal some 28 years ago, helping to strengthen and modernize Macau’s correctional system.  He recalled stories from the days of triad war before the 1999 revert to mainland China.  He led the effort of recruiting retired Gurkhas, who were from the regiment of the British Army, to handle tough inmates belonging to triads.

Macau’s prison system is unique in that it has a single custodial facility for adult offenders, making it difficult to segregate cells of different security levels.  In the last 9 years, Macau’s prison population has risen from 172 per 100,000 residents in 2010 to 220 in 2018.  A unique feature of the inmates is that 55% are non-residents who entered Macau legally (mostly from mainland China).

Many crimes were somehow related to gambling.  For example, quite a few illegal immigrants were gambling addicts.  Some property thefts were associated with gambling (e.g. stealing chips).  The official study, however, showed that over 60% of crimes in Macau had no connection with gambling.

Macau is building a brand new prison in Coloane that can house some 2000 inmates.  It will be equipped with modern security facilities.  Rather than just relying on hardware, Mr Malvas emphasized that social rehabilitation of inmates should be included in the overall correctional system.

Nano particles for selective drug delivery to cancer cells

參加國際可持續項目奧林匹亞大賽（http://isweeep.org/winners-media-gallery/）的澳門團隊，將到書院展示精彩項目，並設工作坊，與同學互動。

I-SWEEEP

The International Sustainable World (Engineering Energy Environment) Project olympiad draws hundreds of the brightest students in the world together to compete in a fun and collaborative environment.  Each year, I-SWEEEP sponsors present more than $100,000 awards to students from approximately 60 countries.  They compete on projects such as renewable energy, sustainable development and medical breakthroughs.

超級電容器擁有比傳統電容器高的能量密度和比電池高的功率密度，在混合電動汽車，可攜式電子產品和太陽能發電等領域具有廣泛應用前景。

https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/anton-cooray

Inquisitive scientists are actively searching for alien lives in the Universe.

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人類探索黑洞有什麼新進展，我們可以利用黑洞穿越星際，作時空旅行嗎？

講者：孫維新教授，台中自然科學博物館館長，台大物理系教授（天文物理）。