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Upon completion of expansion construction, the Macao Grand Prix Museum partially comes into trial operation starting this month. Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) successively invites the travel trade and pertinent personages to pay inspection visits to the Museum and contribute feedback for refinement of the Museum’s environment and service quality. The Museum will open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in April, as well as throughout the entire month of May. The public can schedule visits and purchase admission tickets in advance within designated quotas to experience the Museum’s trial operation and facilities, so that the Museum can collect wide feedback from local and travelling visitors in preparation for its official launch. Interested parties can book visits and purchase tickets online from 9:00 next Monday morning (22 March).
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The CCAC has released the “Investigation Report on the Fire Shutters of Edifício do Bairro da Ilha Verde”, where it points out that the it did not find any evidence in the comprehensive investigation that any departments or authorities had committed any illegal acts in the additional works to replace the fire shutters of Edifício do Bairro da Ilha Verde or that violation of the principle of legality in the procedures of award of the relevant works existed. The prices also conformed to the market standards at that time. Therefore, there was no obvious sign of administrative illegality or impropriety. However, the CCAC questioned the necessity of replacing the fire shutters as the relevant departments or authorities were not found to have endeavoured to look for solutions through other channels. As a result, the newly installed fire shutters worth over MOP4 million were wasted. The CCAC also criticised that this issue significantly reflected the problem of coordination and cooperation among public departments. The Housing Bureau (IH) failed to strictly perform its role of coordination as vested by the Economic Housing Law. Also, the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) had all along failed to inform the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) or the IH concerning their practice on the standard of fire resistance class of fire shutters. Moreover, the DSSOPT and the CB never notified the GDI that a replacement proposal could be adopted to meet the legal requirements of fire safety. It seemed that the construction project of Edifício do Bairro da Ilha Verde was completed in an unorganised manner in such phases as vetting and approval, construction and rectification. Relevant departments or entities had a lack of knowledge of the law concerning their own competences. Moreover, they adopted different attitudes at work and lacked communication among the departments, resulting in situations of “information islands”. Such circumstance is worth attention of the relevant departments and the SAR Government.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of households using the Internet in 2020 increased by 1,200 year-on-year to 183,500, accounting for 91.9% of the total households. Number of households using fibre optic broadband connection continued to rise, up by 6.5% year-on-year to 147,800, taking up 80.5% of the total households using the Internet. The proportion of households using mobile broadband to access the Internet (179,800) grew by 0.1 percentage point year-on-year to 98.0%, which indicated a growing prevalence of mobile broadband usage among households.
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To celebrate the World Forest Day, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Senado Square, from 10:00 to 17:00 on 21st March 2021 to provide the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Forest Day”.
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The three-week online registration process for the exchange of the Rat and Ox Zodiac banknotes and the previously issued 20th Anniversary of the Return to the Motherland of Macao banknotes by Macao residents will be starting at 9:00 am on 22 March 2021 and will end at 6:00 pm on 9 April 2021.
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Last week, Macao Polytechnic Institute launched series of activities for “MPI Careers Day 2021”. More than 70 enterprises in Macao and the Greater Bay Area participated in the online and offline career fairs, and provided over 2,000 employment and internship opportunities, which attracted more than 1,500 prospective graduates and students to the on-site enquiry and registration. Moreover, more than a dozen career talks were held, over 500 students felt interested and took part in the activities. Through all these activities, MPI aims at enhancing students’ competitive edge, assisting prospective graduates in their career development and at the same time getting to know more about the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is hoped that students will grab the opportunity to equip themselves and contribute to the progress of Macao and the Greater Bay Area.
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The Government today held respectively a drill to simulate its district- and risk-specific plan for epidemic prevention, and a tabletop exercise to review the preparedness of the civil protection system. The steps were in order to bolster Macao’s capability to respond to any public health emergency relating to COVID-19.
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To contribute to Macao’s success in becoming the training base for Chinese-Portuguese bilingual talents, the teaching team of the School of Languages and Translation (ESLT) of the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) has published five Chinese-Portuguese interpretation and translation textbooks, covering topics such as translation theory and practice, literature and Chinese traditional medicine. The Chinese-Portuguese translation discipline has witnessed remarkable developments in recent years, but teaching materials in the local context have not been catching up. These publications are valuable teaching materials which have just now filled the gaps in the fields of Chinese-Portuguese translation studies and Chinese-Portuguese translation skills.
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Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) has started the prequalification tendering for Lot P Temporary Housing and Home Swap Project. The whole project will be divided into four sections, including Lot A Home Swap Construction, Lot B and Lot C Temporary Housing Construction. Lot C will be divided into two sections which are C1 and C2. A prequalification tendering approach will be used for all sections.
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The Macao Special Administrative Region Government will present the roadshow “Macao Week in Hangzhou” in Hangzhou from 26 – 29 March 2021. Following the “Beijing Macao Week” in Beijing last September, the “Macao Week in Hangzhou” will enliven Hubin Pedestrian Street with a mega roadshow in Hangzhou to showcase the city’s diverse offer of travel experiences and commercial opportunities to locals and visitors there. Raising Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination, the event seeks to attract Mainland visitors for travel and spending in Macao to expand visitor source and spur economic revival.
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