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The yearly fuel farm exercise was conducted this afternoon (25 June 2021) at Macau International Airport, simulating a fire in the farm as to continually test and assess the capacity of the government entities and the operators in handling a fuel farm emergency when a case arises as well as the communication mechanism between all personnel involved. The exercise last for one hour and was deemed smooth. About 250 people participated in the exercise
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The University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) recently held the Dean’s Final Year Project List Presentation Ceremony and Project Exhibition 2021.
The event exhibited 25 selected projects to showcase the students’ learning achievements, with five of them being rated as ‘outstanding projects’. Through this event, the university hoped to create a platform for academia-industry exchange, enhance academia-industry collaboration, and promote technology transfer.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) recently held the FBA Alumni Event Series: Online Sharing with DBA Students. During the event, four outstanding students in the FBA’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme shared their knowledge in their professional areas as well as insights on the ever-changing business environment. The DBA programme is one of the flagship programmes of the university and the FBA.
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Beatriz Puente-Ballesteros, an assistant professor in the Department of History, University of Macau, was named recipient of the 2021 J. Worth Estes Prize at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine. The award is presented annually to the author of the best paper in the history of pharmacology published in the past two years.
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The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election has confirmed a total of 19 applications for establishment of nomination committees with regard to the direct election process for the Legislative Assembly Election.
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The assessment process of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 - Selected Works by Local Artists”, jointly organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Macao Government Tourism Office and various entities, was successfully completed on 4 June. After a rigorous review by a commission formed by 11 members from different sectors, a total of 12 pieces/sets of works were selected, to be exhibited at the Former Municipal Cattle Stable in August.
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The 31st round of guaranteed face mask supply scheme
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) co-hosted an online marketing research forum with the ICD School of Business and Marketing in France. A number of experts and postgraduate students presented their latest research findings in the field of marketing and management. The forum aimed to provide an international platform for industry practitioners and scholars to exchange ideas, as well as a learning opportunity for postgraduate students.
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According to the statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, on 31 December 2020, investment of Macao residents (including individuals, the government and other legal entities but excluding Macao’s foreign exchange reserves) in securities issued by unrelated non-residents reached MOP1,025.0 billion at current market value, representing a rise of 6.4% from end-June 2020 or 11.3% from end-2019. Among the various instruments of portfolio investment, equity securities (including mutual funds and investment trust units), long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities were valued at MOP346.2 billion, MOP621.0 billion and MOP57.7 billion respectively. As compared with end-2019, equity securities, long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities increased by 15.5%, 6.8% and 46.5% respectively.
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With the aim of encouraging Macao residents and travel trade to leverage social networks to spotlight Macao as a wonderful destination with diverse travel experiences to offer, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) launches the “Incubation Plan for Macao’s KOL in Tourism”. The Plan encompasses a talent sharing session, content creation training camp and camp trainee video competition. Interested individuals are welcome to submit applications for the talent sharing session and training camp starting from 12 p.m. tomorrow (24 June).
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