{"id":777041367,"date":"2026-04-24T08:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041367"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:57:52","slug":"sjm-hosts-food-safety-workshop-to-strengthen-sme-partnerships-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-hosts-food-safety-workshop-to-strengthen-sme-partnerships-in-macau","title":{"rendered":"SJM hosts food safety workshop in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over 80 participants joined the seminar and business matching session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- SJM Resorts has hosted a food safety workshop and business matching session in Macau as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration with small and <strong>medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)<\/strong> and enhance supply chain standards. The event, co-organised with the <strong>Macau Union Suppliers Association<\/strong> and supported by multiple government bodies, took place at the Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau on April 22 and attracted more than 80 participants representing 55 local SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme included food safety seminars, product showcases and one-on-one business matching sessions. SJM\u2019s food safety team outlined the company\u2019s standards, audit mechanisms and supplier requirements across procurement and receiving processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>Ip Sio Man<\/strong>, president of the Macau Union Suppliers Association, the event aimed to help local SMEs align more closely with the requirements of large-scale resort operators. <strong>Monica Ng<\/strong>, SJM&#8217;s vice president of Supply Chain (Operations &amp; Services) said the company continues to expand its spending with  SME partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the business matching sessions, around one-third of those attending had no prior relationship with SJM.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Sands-China-vaccinated-10070-team-members-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-commits-more-than-us125000-to-strengthen-macaus-responsible-gaming-ecosystem'>Sands China to fund responsible gaming initiatives<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 80 participants joined the seminar and business matching session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777041374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[257,23108,25226],"class_list":["post-777041367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau","tag-sjm-holdings","tag-smes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777041367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041401,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041367\/revisions\/777041401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777041374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777041367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}