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The Taiwan region has suspended the entry of Hong Kong and Macao residents starting from today. The Higher Education Bureau is paying close attention to the Macao students who fail to resume classes in Taiwan on time, and has formulated a series of measures to reassure the affected students and their parents, including working with the Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) to coordinate the air ticket arrangements. At the same time, AACM will continue to communicate with the airlines concerned. Additional flights to Taiwan will be increased to enable students to continue their studies after the relevant suspension measures are cancelled.
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To care about students’ learning need during class suspension caused by the epidemic, to maintain a good habit of learning and enhance learning interest, the DSEJ implements the measure for students to study at home in collaboration with schools.
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Taiwan region has announced to freeze the entry of Hong Kong and Macao residents as of 11 February 2020. In response to the measure and to make proper arrangements accordingly, the Higher Education Bureau (DSES) launched an online registration system at 7pm today (10th) to gain a better understanding of the number of affected students. As at 10pm tonight, there are 926 students registered. DSES calls on Macao students studying in Taiwan who have been affected to register as soon as possible.
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The Taiwan region announced today (10^th) at around 2 pm that entry restrictions on Hong Kong and Macao residents will be imposed from 11^th February. The Higher Education Bureau has immediately launched the emergency mechanism, and contacted the related departments to cope with this situation together. Meanwhile, at 7 pm tonight, an online system was launched. Higher education students who are affected should visit the Bureau’s website to register in order to facilitate the Bureau to make appropriate arrangements.
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In view of the social concerns about the “Joint Admission Examination for Macao Four Higher Education Institutions” (JAE), for better preparation of students, parents and schools, and for the safety of all candidates, the Higher Education Bureau, University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies and Macau University of Science and Technology have decided that the examination date for the JAE will be postponed, after carefully examined the situation. Specific arrangements will be announced in late February.
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Due to the development of the novel coronavirus, CTT Macao would like to inform the underneath post offices during the period of 10^th to 15^th February provides limited postal services, including the sending and collection of registered mail, small packets, EMS items and parcels.
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The objective of this call is to boost effective response of the Macao Special Administrative Region to the recent outbreak of the NCP.It is essential to strengthen the prevention and control to new and emerging infectious diseases with strong scientific and technological support for epidemic prevention and control.The FDCT hereby is calling for proposals in the thematic priority area of the NCP,which it is open to universities, research institutions, science and technology enterprises and scientific researchers.This call focuses on areas related to the NCP detection technology,the NCP disease prevention and drug development, prevention and control mechanisms against sudden infectious diseases and post-epidemic social recovery as well as other related research areas to the NCP.
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Regarding the media report recently that around 20 non-resident workers were suspected to have been dismissed in an unfair way, the Labour Affairs Bureau is highly concerned about the incident, and has already contacted the workers and the employer representatives to follow it up.
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The Taiwan region has implemented quarantine measures to Hong Kong and Macao residents who enterthe region starting from 7^th February. Since the news announced, the Higher Education Bureau has continually received requests for assistance from students studying in Chengchi University. They reflected that the university requires Macao students residing on campus to find accommodation outside the university, in order to undergo home isolation for 14 days. Thus, the Bureau has immediately launched the emergency mechanism, collected the number of affected students, and contacted the Macao Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan (DECM). The Bureau provided DECM a list of affected students to for follow-up.
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In response to the further development of the epidemic, the essential services of the SWB (inclunding those provided at the headquarters, social service centers and in the other units) will be suspended between the 8th and the 16th of February 2020, without affecting the operation of the urgent services, namely methadone treatment and maintenance service (Areia Preta Drug Treatment Centre and Carmo (Taipa) Drug Treatment Centre), and financial assistance service (urgent cases only). For more information please contact the SWB hotline 2836 7878.
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