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The University of Macao (UM) launched the UM Macao Fellow Programme in 2015, in order to attract outstanding local talent to develop their careers in Macao. Over the past six years since the launch of the programme, a total of 25 outstanding young scholars from Macao who graduated from renowned universities in China and abroad have become UM Macao Fellows through a rigorous selection process, and 11 of them have been recruited to the rank of assistant professor.
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With the aim of continuing to help local enterprises to “go global” for more business opportunities, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will once again organise ‘Made in Macao’ food companies, local agents of food products from Portuguese-speaking countries, and local firms which provide professional services relevant to Portuguese-speaking countries, to join the 4^th China International Import Expo (CIIE). Application for participation is open until 2 April.
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In order to analyze and promote the new opportunities initiated by the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the promulgation of the “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, the International Portuguese Training Centre of Macao Polytechnic Institute held a lecture on the Greater Bay Area and the academic cooperation between China and the Portuguese speaking countries on 25 February. The speaker was Professor Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho, Director of the International Portuguese Training Centre and former Vice-President of the University of Coimbra. The lecture attracted teachers and students from Macao higher education institutions, scholars and interested parties, and it was lively and interactive.
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【Infographic】Lowered price for nucleic acid testing
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Macao has so far received a total of 600,425 doses of COVID-19 vaccine – produced respectively by Sinopharm and BioNTech – and it has been made available for vaccination of members of the public.
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In line with the Macao SAR government's policy to encourage lifelong learning, the University of Macau (UM) Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) offers courses to help Macao residents enhance their personal qualities and skills, thereby promoting economic and industrial diversification in Macao and fostering a culture of lifelong learning in society. Three new courses offered by the centre, namely Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Course, Certificate in Financial Technology, and Certificate in Android Apps Production, are now open for applications.
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Since late April 2020, the Director of the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) has been formally appointed as the Co-chair of the Asia/Pacific Joint Group (APJG), a regional sub-group of the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) which is responsible for establishing sanction and monitoring lists under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money laundering organization.
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The aggregate number Macao-registered motor vehicles allowed into Hengqin, Zhuhai, will be increased to 10,000 under the quota system of a cross-boundary scheme.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 120 hotels & guesthouses were open for business in January 2021, a decrease of 2 year-on-year; number of available guest rooms went down by 6.1% to 36,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms stood at 40.3%, representing a month-to-month fall of 12.8 percentage points and a year-on-year drop of 40.7 percentage points.
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In order to raise the public awareness of the film and related industries in Macao and to enhance public understanding of the development of the city’s screening industry over the past century, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has produced a documentary entitled “Interpretation of Images”, which focuses on the history of the cinemas and screening industry in Macao. Meanwhile, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has organized public screenings. The documentary “Interpretation of Images” will be screened at the Exhibition Hall on the second floor of Cinematheque·Passion from 2 March onwards, which will be running concurrently with an exhibition at No. 9 and No. 11 Travessa da Paixão, introducing the history and stories of Macao’s century-old cinema development. The exhibition is open to the general public with free admission.
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