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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for April-June 2019 held steady from the previous period (March-May 2019), at 1.7%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.3%, down by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate remained unchanged at 0.4%.
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Because of an enthusiastic response, the University of Macau (UM) Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) offered the course ‘Certificate in the Method of the Analysis for Big Data and its Application’ for the second time. The course was designed for those who want to learn more about smart technology, big data, and data science. 15 students completed the second edition of the course. Matthew Liu Tingchi, director of the CCE, says that the course combined theory and practice to increase students’ professional knowledge of big data through a series of real-world examples, so that they would acquire the fundamentals for further studies in the field.
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The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election has today accepted Mr Ho Iat Seng as a nominated person entitled to run a campaign for the post of Chief Executive.
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The special exhibition in “Celebrations of the 20^th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region” presented by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), is open to the public in the exhibition hall of Ritz Building at Senado Square from today (25 July) until 20 September. Welcoming residents and visitors to a retrospective journey in seven chapters, the exhibition is a comprehensive and multifaceted display of Macao’s growing diversity of tourism resources and products under the successful implementation of the policy of “One Country, Two Systems” as well as the city’s fruitful development into a world centre of tourism and leisure.
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In order to facilitate senior citizens to withdraw the funds allocated by the government, on 1^st August this year, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) will introduce a new measure － “Registration for Automatic Withdrawal of Funds for the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System Special Allocation from Budget Surplus” (hereinafter referred to as “Automatic Withdrawal of Funds”). Account owners who are at least 65 years of age and are currently receiving old-age or disability pension from the FSS can register for automatic withdrawal of funds at the same time they apply for fund withdrawal. Starting from the year that immediately follows the year of registration, as long as there is fund allocation in the year concerned and the account owner also meets the relevant requirements, the funds of the year and all the income will be automatically deposited into the bank account where the account owner receives old-age or disability pension. The senior citizen does not need to apply for fund withdrawal every year.
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