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Macao Chinese Orchestra New Concert Season Kicks Off with “Splendor of the Strings” Highlighting the Charm of Chinese Sizhu Music with Diverse Music Styles
Macao Chinese Orchestra 2024-25 Season Opening Concert “Splendor of the Strings” will be held on 1 September (Sunday) at 8pm at Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Under the baton of Zhang Lie, the new Music Director and Principal Conductor, the Macao Chinese Orchestra, joined by the violinist Lao Li, the Chinese percussion performer Yin Fei, the Western percussion performer Liu Heng, and the Sheng performer Jia Lei, will demonstrate a perfect combination of Chinese and Western instruments.
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IPIM Invites CCAC to Hold an Integrity Seminar
To consolidate the integrity and legal awareness of personnel, the Commerce of Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) invited the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) to hold a seminar on "Integrity and Upright Conduct" on 27 August. Many leaders, supervisors and their subordinates of IPIM attended the seminar.
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Employment survey for May – July 2024
Unemployment rate remained low
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Macau-Digit Force Joint Laboratory of Intelligent Interaction inaugurated
The University of Macau (UM) and Macau Digit Force Technology Co Ltd held a plaque unveiling ceremony for the University of Macau-Digit Force Joint Laboratory of Intelligent Interaction. The joint laboratory will focus on assisting various industries in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to create new productivity models and promote the rapid development of AI technology. It aims to set an example for industry-academia collaboration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and foster deeper integration and technological innovation between Macao and the Greater Bay Area.
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Macao International Music Festival to present multiple prominent programmes
Themed ‘And the Stars Shine’, the 36th Macao International Music Festival organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau is dedicated to presenting the audience a star-studded musical feast with timeless melodies. Four prominent programmes are specially recommended, including Leonidas Kavakos and the ApollΩn Ensemble, Mariinsky Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Mariza and the Macao Chinese Orchestra, and a pre-show talk will be given one hour before for the first three programmes. In addition, co-artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Wu Han and David Finckel, will host a piano masterclass and a cello masterclass respectively on 27 October to share their playing techniques. The public are welcome to register for the pre-show talks and masterclasses via Macao One Account.
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The registration period for the exchange of four previously issued Zodiac banknotes terminating tomorrow (30 August)
The online registration period for the exchange of four previously issued Zodiac Banknotes (including the Rat, Ox, Tiger and Rabbit Zodiac Banknotes) will end at 6:00pm tomorrow (August 30). The Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind those citizens who are interested in exchanging for the said banknotes to complete the registration process before the mentioned deadline.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for July 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that inbound package tour visitors surged by 66.1% year-on-year to 188,000 in July 2024, with those from mainland China soaring by 68.9% to 171,000. In addition, international tour visitors increased by 30.5% to 13,000; those from the Republic of Korea (5,000) and India (2,000) leapt by 152.8% and 712.5% respectively.
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Government holds seminars to promote spirit of 3rd plenary session of CPC 20th Central Committee
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today said the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government would implement – in a firm and responsible manner – strategies set out in the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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