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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for April 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 119 hotels & guesthouses were open for business in April 2021, an increase of 9 year-on-year; number of available guest rooms rose by 10.5% to 37,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms surged by 45.9 percentage points year-on-year to 58.5% and the rate of 3-star hotels stood at 68.5%.
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UM’s Portuguese Language Summer Course now open for applications
The University of Macau (UM) is committed to nurturing bilingual talent and has been offering a variety of courses for many years. One of these courses, the popular Portuguese Language Summer Course, will continue to be offered online this year between 5 July and 23 July. Students, teachers, translators, and those who are interested in the Portuguese language, aged 16 or above, are welcome to apply. The application deadline is 24 June.
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List of the selected projects for the Film Scriptwriting Advanced Programme is announced
The selection process for Macao works in the “2021 Scripts in Focus — Film Scriptwriting Advanced Programme”, jointly organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) of the Macao SAR Government, the Film Administration of Guangdong Province and Create Hong Kong, has been completed. Four Macao works out of 18 were selected by instructors You Xiaoying and Huang Ji, senior filmmakers from Mainland China, to participate in the programme, namely (in random order): Distance by Ho Hong Io, My Driver Father and Me by Niko Ho, Relationship by Chao Kin Kuan and The Bravest Man on Earth by Chan Nga Lei.
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UM organises Integrated Resort Career Simulation Programme with elements of Greater Bay Area
The Integrated Resort Career Simulation Programme (IRCSP), organised by the Centre for Tourism and Integrated Resort Studies under the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration, has been well received since its launch in 2020. This year, the centre has arranged a number of experiential activities in collaboration with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, so that more students could receive useful information to aid their career planning and enhance their chances of finding a job in related industries or pursuing related courses.
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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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