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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre confirmed on 26 June a new imported case of COVID-19, taking to 54 the tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Macao since the epidemic alert began in 2020.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, will visit Beijing from 28 June to 1 July, at the invitation to attend celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Health quarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of different identities.
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In order to strengthen economic and trade co-operation between Macao and Mainland China, and encourage Macao enterprises to seize development opportunities, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) joined hands with the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Hebei Province and Hebei Provincial Department of Commerce to hold the “China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone Key Industries Investment Promotion Session” online on 24 June, which attracted over 20 representatives from the political and business circles of the two regions to engage in in-depth discussion.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (3.0%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (4.1%) for March-May 2021 held steady from the previous period (February-April 2021). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate dropped by 0.6 percentage points to 4.2%.
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The Global Centre of Tourism Education and Training of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM), in collaboration with United Nations World Tourism Organisation, held its first training programme this year on 1, 3 and 4 June 2021, which comprised three webinars based on the theme of “Capacity Building for Sustainable Tourism in Island Countries”. This online training programme focused on destination management, Festivals and Events, and Sustainable Tourism Product Development.
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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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