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UM holds Workshop on IC Advances in China 2021
The University of Macau (UM), Tsinghua University, and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) recently held the Third Workshop on IC Advances in China (ICAC 2021). The event attracted nearly 600 experts, scholars, and industry practitioners, with nearly 40 per cent of them coming from the industry. Participants also include leading Chinese scholars of IC design and engineers from renowned universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, UM, and UESTC.
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IFTM collaborates with MGM in hosting first regional Tourism Education Student Summit showcasing students with the potential to shape the tourism and hospitality industry of tomorrow
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) is collaborating with MGM in hosting this year’s 6th annual Tourism Education Student Summit event (TEd Summit-2021) on 26 May. This full-day event is an opportunity for final year undergraduate students to share their research findings with industry leaders and the community at large. This year, for the first time, students from the Greater Bay Area will be joining in to present their research alongside local students. Also, for the first time, the TEd Summit will be live-streamed to enable an external audience to enter the MGM MACAU conference venue virtually.
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Low risk of any COVID-19 outbreak resulting from visitor to Macao having close contact with a Maoming COVID-19 patient
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced on Tuesday (25 May) that a mainland resident, classified as having had close contact with a COVID-19 patient in Maoming, Guangdong Province, was undergoing medical observation in Macao. The risk of any outbreak in Macao was assessed to be low.
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MICE statistics for the 1st quarter of 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 68 MICE events were held in the first quarter of 2021, including 61 meetings & conferences (-56 year-on-year) and 7 exhibitions (+4). On account of the increase in exhibitions, number of participants & attendees surged by 71.7% year-on-year to 138,000.
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MAM calls for submissions of proposals for the “Macao – China Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition”
The “59th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition” will be held in April 2022 in Venice, Italy. The Macao Art Museum (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, is calling for submission of proposals for the Macao-China Pavilion at the Biennale from today until 13 August. All interested teams are welcome to submit their proposals.
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Cartography and Cadastre Bureau launched the updated version of “GeoGuide for emergency”- – map for emergency in online and offline version
In order to let the public obtain the latest geographic information for emergency via mobile phone, Cartography and Cadastre Bureau has just launched an updated version 3.2 of “GeoGuide for emergency” mobile map App, based on the information provided by the relevant departments in early 2021.
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“Macao Week in Shanghai” will be staged in early June Manifesting Macao’s “tourism +” glamour
As the pandemic situation remains stable, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of physical initiatives to promote the destination in Mainland China, including a series of “Macao Weeks”. Among the series, the “Macao Week in Shanghai” roadshow will be held from 3 – 7 June. Following the “Macao Weeks” held in Beijing last year as well as in Hangzhou and Nanjing, Jiangsu this year, the “Macao Week” will be staged in Shanghai, featuring a mega roadshow, gastronomic promotion, Macao tourism and MICE presentation seminar, business matching and networking to promote Macao’s diverse elements of “tourism +” and showcase Macao as a healthy, safe and quality destination. The event seeks to attract Mainland visitors for travel and spending in Macao to spur tourism and economic revival.
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Macao confirms 51st COVID-19 case, involving imported infection
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre confirmed in the late evening of Monday (24 May) a new imported case of COVID-19, taking to 51 the tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macao since the epidemic alert began in 2020.
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Distribution work of Wealth Partaking Scheme 2021 finished
The distribution work of 2021 Wealth Partaking Scheme started on 12 April this year and finished on 21 May which was five weeks less than the previous year. In the course of implementation, 484,824 beneficiaries had received the cash premium by means of bank transfer, accounting for MOP$ 4,732,560,000, while 244,599 crossed cheques had been mailed, which summed up to MOP$ 2,387,078,000. Until the present time, 126,311 cheques were honoured, representing 51.6% of the total number of cheques issused.
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UM-led research team unveils groundbreaking computational encryption with metasurface
A joint research team, formed by researchers of the University of Macau (UM), Wuhan University (WHU), Beijing Normal University (BNU), the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and the University of Birmingham (UB), has proposed a groundbreaking image encryption scheme that uses a single metasurface as a reusable generator of different keys to encode various secret images in a computational way. The study has been published online in Science Advances, a sub-publication of the prestigious international journal Science.
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