各位校友：

今天是我正式就任澳門大學校長的第一天，值此新年伊始之際，我謹向大家致以新年的祝福，祝願大家2018年事事順利，身體健康！
獲大學校董會的推薦和行政長官委任為澳大第九任校長，我深感榮幸。在過去幾個月，我先後與部份校董會成員、師生及員工見面，感謝大家給予我的熱情歡迎，並與我分享在澳大的學習、工作及生活經驗。廣闊校園內的一草一木，一流的軟硬設施，以及濃厚的學術氛圍，置身其中讓我親切感受到全校師生、員工、校友們對澳門大學所傾注的心血和貢獻。

毋庸置疑，澳門大學所取得的飛躍進展，以及不斷提升的學術影響和國際聲譽，離不開中央政府和澳門特區政府的大力支持，現任和歷任澳大校監、校董及校長們的卓越領導，社會各界賢達的關懷和無私奉獻，以及大學所有教職員的努力付出。
新時代、新征程；新崗位，新使命。我將儘快投入澳大校長的工作，在未來的幾個月，期待能與更多的教職員工、學生及校友進行各種正式和非正式的會面，並將進一步與澳門社會加強溝通和互動，了解大家對澳大未來發展的想法和意見，我期盼與大家攜手合作，同心同德，繼續努力不懈地做好各方面的工作，全力引領澳門大學在現有的基礎上努力開拓創新，迎接新機遇，使澳大發展更上一層樓！

宋永華
澳門大學校長

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Dear alumni,

Today is my first day of being the rector of the University of Macau. At the turn of the year, I would like to send all of you my best wishes. May the year of 2018 bring you good health and every success!

It is my greatest honour to be appointed the ninth rector of the university by the Chief Executive on recommendation by the University Council. In the past months, I had the opportunity of meeting some of the council members, staff and students. You were so welcoming and I thank you for sharing with me your studying and working experiences as well as your campus life. I am deeply touched by all those great efforts that you have put in making this university into the one as we know it today: be it about its state-of-the-art facilities, or its verdant campus that is richly steeped with academic ambience.

Without a doubt, the university has come a long way over the years with increasing academic influence and kudos internationally. This would not have been possible without the full support of the central and the Macao SAR governments and the outstanding leadership of the current and previous chancellors, council members and rectors. Last but not least, we are grateful for the unreserved support of the community and the contributions of university staff.

This is a new chapter, a new mission. I will hit the ground running and look forward to meeting many more of you in the coming months in different ways possible: formally or not so formally. I will also listen to the local community and see what they expect of us. With the solid foundation laid for the university, we will continue to do our job well through collective efforts and we look forward to more innovation, new opportunities and greater accomplishments in the future development of the university.

Yours sincerely,

Yonghua Song
Rector of the University of Macau