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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, attended on Tuesday (20 April) the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021, where he heard a keynote speech delivered by President Xi Jinping via video link.
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Prof Ren-He Xu in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and his research team have discovered a new way to enhance fat engraftment with the use of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). This type of MSCs has the potential to be used as an innovative, cell-based biomaterial to support lipofilling widely used in cosmetic surgery. The related research finding has been published in the internationally renowned journal Biomaterials.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has been visiting local secondary schools to conduct the 2021 Population Census seminar between April and June, which aim to raise students’ awareness and understanding of the 2021 Population Census.
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On the second anniversary of the announcement of the “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, in order to bring into play the advantages of Macao's “Sino-Portuguese Platform”, and promote the “Greater Bay Area Portuguese Language Education Alliance” to the Lusophone countries to develop the Sino-Portuguese academic cooperation, the Centre for Portuguese Studies, one of the research centres of the Macao Polytechnic Institute, will hold “The Greater Bay Area Portuguese Language and Sino-Portuguese Academic Cooperation” online Forum on 20^th April 2021. The experts of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Lusophone countries will gather in the cloud to express their opinions. We sincerely invite Chinese and Portuguese experts, teachers and students of higher education institutions, researchers in various related fields and other interested parties to participate in this online Forum.
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Visitor arrivals in Macao continue to show an upward trend in recent days. A total of 191,828 visitor arrivals were registered over the past week (9 – 15 April) with an average daily volume of 27,404 visitors, which surged by 111.7% compared with the average daily visitor arrivals during the Spring Festival Golden Week (12,947). In addition, Macao welcomed 34,252 visitor arrivals on 16 April (Friday), the highest daily record of visitor arrivals since the start of the pandemic. Hotel establishments saw an average occupancy rate of 61.0% between 9 and 15 April, a rise of 12.7 percentage points compared with that of the Spring Festival Golden Week (48.3%).
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the Tap Siac Craft Market is held at Tap Siac Square from 16 to 18 and 23 to 25 April. The Craft Market features a diversity of activities, cultural and creative brands and products. All are welcome to participate and experience life’s aesthetics expressed in creativity.
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the exhibition “A Room with a View - Baptiste Rabichon Photography Exhibition” was inaugurated on 16 April, at 6:30pm, at Tap Seac Gallery. The opening ceremony was officiated by the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Mok Ian Ian; the Deputy Chief of the Division of Culture and Sports of the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR, Xin Jianbo; the President of the General Assembly of the Alliance Française de Macao, Jorge Neto Valente; the President of the General Assembly of the Photographic Society of Macao, Kuok Keng Man; the President of the Macau Artist Society, Lok Hei; the Director of the Art For All Society Macau, Alice Kok; and the Photographic artist, Wong Ho Sang. Displaying contemporary photographic works by the emerging French contemporary photographer Baptiste Rabichon, this exhibition is one of the visual art exhibitions featured in the 31^st Macao Art Festival (MAF). All are welcome to visit.
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The project “Stay, Dine and See Macao” is officially unveiled for the first stage, attracting a multitude of enthusiastic applicants especially for the Helicopter Ride Experience and Yacht Check-in Tour. Given the limited quotas and to uphold the principle of fairness in the process of quota distribution, lots will be drawn to assign quotas to applicants. Interested residents can apply at accredited travel agencies for entering the lots before 18:00 next Monday (19 April).
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The “Vocational Training Program with Subsidy” (Employment Oriented Training Program) organized by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) in accordance with Administrative Regulation No. 33/2020 will be opened for enrollment from April 19 to April 23.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Third UM Language and Culture Day to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the university. With the theme of ‘Value Your Own Language; Embrace Everyone’s Cultures’, the event featured folklore performances of various cultures, the International Language and Culture Fair, and language workshops.The activity attracted many students, faculty members, and staff members.
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