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To work in line with the launch of the “Outline Development Plan for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, support Macao youths in creating their own businesses in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Acting President of Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Mrs Irene Va Kuan Lau invited nearly 60 Macao’s young entrepreneurs who are currently developing businesses or intending to start businesses in the Greater Bay Area, as well as Macao students who are studying or having internship in Guangdong to the “Greater Bay Area Information Exchange Session for Macao Youths”, which was organised by IPIM and co-organised by the Guangdong Market Supervision & Administration Bureau on 18 March.
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The University of Macau (UM) will hold the UM Open Day on 14 April (Sunday). There will be various activities on that day, including course consultation, themed talks, recreational and sports activities, performances, fun experiments, workshops, game booths, and family-friendly games. Visitors will have the chance to experience UM’s unique model of education and vibrant campus life. With the increasing exchange and collaboration between UM and other universities in the Greater Bay Area, we welcome all friends from the Greater Bay Area. Come to join us for the Open Day! It will certainly be a day to remember!
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“Art Macao”, a five-month mega international arts and cultural event, will open this summer. Under the patronage of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, the event is organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Macao Government Tourism Office and co-organized by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and the Higher Education Bureau, with the participation of hotels and integrated resorts, foreign consulates that are invited to host art exhibitions concurrently. From June to October, Macao will be imbued with artistic vitality and creativity.
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So far, a total of 136 employers have joined the non-mandatory central provident fund system (the System). In order to raise residents’ awareness of the System, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) is scheduled to hold a FSS Promotion Day event with the theme “Accumulate Funds for Your Future” at Jardim do Mercado Municipal de Iao Hon from 3 to 6 p.m next Saturday (30 March). Besides, from 25 March to 21 April, the FSS will launch a prize-winning game on social media. Participants will have a chance to win a wealth of prizes including tablet PC and Bluetooth speakers, and all residents are welcome to participate.
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The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Chan Hoi Fan, said on Monday (18 March) that it was expected an agreement between Macao and Portugal on the surrender of fugitives wanted by one or other of the two jurisdictions would be signed this year. Issues regarding the surrender of sentenced persons from Macao to mainland China and vice versa are still being negotiated.
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Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 18 March for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 14 supermarkets in São Lázaro and São Lourenço Parishes. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) or the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app.
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Organized by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the exhibition “ Strolling and Feeling: Watercolour Paintings of Lai Ieng” will be inaugurated on Friday, 22 March, at 6:30pm, at the special exhibition room on the 3^rd floor of MAM. The exhibition features 32 landscape watercolours by Macao’s contemporary painter Lai Ieng, in the hope that audience will be able to follow his sketching footprints, discover the beauty of scenic alleys in the city and the charm of local life, and feel Macao’s unique cultural heritage and optimistic spirit through his keen observations and subtle brushstrokes. All are welcome to attend.
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