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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the 33^rd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), themed “The Instrumentalist”, offers 17 programmes in a total of 22 excellent performances, featuring outstanding works of Chinese and Western music. The MIMF presents the concert “Melodies from Jiangnan” from 18 to 20 October at the Mandarin’s House, and the concert “Bravo Macao!” on 19 October, at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, both World Heritage sites, combining music and historical architecture and allowing music aficionados to enjoy the enchanting music at world heritage sites. The concert “The Vienna Philharmonic”, originally scheduled to be held at the University of Macau Library Plaza on 21 and 22 October, at 8pm, will be transferred to the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium.
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The Government Headquarters Open Day sessions will this year be held on the weekend of 19 and 20 October, and from 9am to 6pm on both days. The sessions will feature a series of performances, flower displays and a photography exhibition.
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Organised by the Macao Special Administrative Region Government and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), coordinated by the Secretariat for Economy and Finance of Macao SAR, supported by the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao SAR, the 2019 Summit on Chinese Central SOEs Supporting Macao as Co-operation Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries was held today (16 Oct) in Macao. More than 400 representatives from Central Government’s ministries and departments, state-owned enterprises, Portuguese-speaking countries enterprises, Macao companies and commercial associations attended the summit. A total of 11 agreements on co-operation in infrastructure, research and talent training were signed among departments and organisations from Mainland China, Portuguese-speaking countries (PSC) and Macao.
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“The 24^th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair” (24^th MIF) and “The 2019 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao)” (2019PLPEX) are to be concurrently held from October 17 to 19 at The Venetian Macao. Review the past editions, many businessmen successfully found new partners and business opportunities thanks to the synergistic effect, diverse activities and pairing services of the two fairs.
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The 2019 version of the Macao SAR Passport and the Macao SAR Travel Permit will be issued from 3 December 2019 by the Identification Services Bureau (DSI). This afternoon (16 October), DSI Director Ao Ieong U, DSI Deputy Director Lo Pin Heng, and Head of the Department of Travel Documents Kun Sin Yin presented the security features of the new travel documents and introduced relevant revised legal provisions and application arrangements to the media.
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The next phase of the work plan regarding advancing Macao’s full participation in – and contribution to – the “Belt and Road” initiative, has been outlined during a joint conference held on Tuesday (15 October) in Beijing.
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Due to the unstable weather conditions observed in the last few days and with the agreement of the Orchestra, the concert “The Vienna Philharmonic” integrated in the 33^rd Macao International Music Festival, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, originally scheduled to be held at the University of Macau Library Plaza on 21 and 22 October, at 8pm, will be transferred to the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, in order to ensure the quality of the performance and the experience of the public. The dates, time, programme and price remain unchanged.
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Under the theme of “Tourism and Leisure: Roadmap to a Beautiful Life”, the 8^th edition of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (“GTEF” or “the Forum”), held from 13 to 15 October, presented a series of spectacular highlights including opening and closing ceremonies, discussion panels, special interviews, exhibition, business matching, networking sessions and more. On the opening day of the Forum, the “Face to Face - Ministers and Private Sector CEOs” session lined up heavyweights for an in-depth dialogue on the topic of “How Tourism, Leisure and Sports Lead to a Beautiful Life”.
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The 8^th edition of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (“GTEF” or “the Forum”) concluded with success today (15 October) after carrying out a fruitful program of discussion panels, special interviews, business matching, destination presentations, exhibitions and more. A closing ceremony was held at MGM Cotai.
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An Executive Order has been issued setting out ways to support the role of the Monitoring Committee on Discipline of Public Security Forces, in order to enhance the body’s independence, its representative role on behalf of the community, and its powers of oversight.
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