RC DEVELOPMENT • 書院發展 2022 UMAGAZINE 25 • 澳大新語 60 RMB 200,000 in prize money and investment. Many innovative projects have been developed under the model. An outstanding example is a project focusing on the production of eco-friendly malted cat litter under the brand BioPeTech in Macao. The team received support from the college in four areas: 1) community and peer education; 2) yield of innovation; 3) technical support; 4) competition and incubation. Community and Peer Education Community and peer education is the first step in the CYTC model. The college cultivates entrepreneurship as part of its educational mission, to ignite students’ passion for starting a business and to expand their entrepreneurial vision. As a result of this culture, the team that produced BioPeTech eco-friendly cat litter consists of four CYTC students, namely Tam Pui Si, Tong Man, Fu Haoming, and Wang Cheng Hao. CYTC Interim Master Prof Alfred Wong Seng Fat and Resident Fellow Dr Tang Yu Ming serve as their advisors. The team successfully turned spent grain (brewer’s spent grain, BSG) from a local brewery into eco-friendly, healthy, and quality cat litter. This business idea was inspired by Funny Eye Brewery - 2048, another CYTC business project. Funny Eye Brewery - 2048 is the only brewery in Macao. Its BSG, which is a by-product of the beer brewing process, has no local commercial use. This waste of resources prompted the student team to find a way to recycle the beer waste into cat litter. The team not only drew on past experiences under the college’s entrepreneurship model, but also forged close ties with each other during various activities in the college. To encourage the students to refine their business ideas, the instructors organised a series of reading sessions, in which the students learned about cat litter production techniques and the current development of the industry. These reading sessions, which attracted over 20 students, resulted in a well-developed business plan. Yield of Innovation The main difficulty in starting a new business is getting the concept off the ground. CYTC offered entrepreneurial teams a wide range of support to put their ideas into practice. In addition to providing workspace and material support, the college also mobilises local resources. With the support of the college, the entrepreneurial team carried out numerous experiments and performance tests to develop a prototype. Further testing is underway in partnership with the Society for the Protection of Animals (Macau), commonly known as Anima. The team visited Anima to volunteer and collect feedback and data on the use of cat litter, which is very important for further improving their malted litter product. Technical Support An entrepreneurial project must have technological prowess in order to be feasible and successful in the long run. Therefore, the college places great importance on providing and locating technical support for its entrepreneurial teams. The technology used in the malt litter project, namely sugar phagocytic fungus, was developed under the guidance of Tam 學生創業團隊將麥芽渣轉化成貓砂 The student business team turns brewers' spent grain into cat litter 學生創業團隊製作的環保麥芽貓砂 The eco-friendly malted cat litter produced by the entrepreneurial team
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