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Thousands of Macau university and school students showed their support for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake last week.
Public schools and government offices came to a standstill at 2.28pm on Tuesday, when residents stood in silence for three minutes to mourn the victims of the tragedy.
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Students at the University of Macau set up wish boards and donation boxes across the campus.
There are 97 students from Sichuan province studying at the university and only one had returned home late last week.
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More than 470,000 patacas were collected in the first phase of the university fund-raising drive, with the money being donated to the Macau Red Cross.
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