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Published by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and produced by Like Entertainment & Production Co. Ltd., the twenty-seventh issue of C² Magazine will be launched on 6 June (Wednesday). Although the development of cultural and creative stores in Macao has not yet caught up with those in the neighbouring regions, there are many cultural and creative practitioners working diligently here. In the section “Feature”, the founders of A Porta Da Arte, M Dimensions and ROOFTOP MACAO are invited to share the experiences in operating the cultural and creative stores.
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Consumer Council conducted its first ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 5 June for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Areia Preta, Mong Há and Avenida de Venceslau de Morais in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) today launched a new electronic service of the arbitrary system. Residents can use their ePass accounts to apply online for enrollment in the arbitrary system, starting or suspending the payment of arbitrary system contributions and to download the contribution payment advice.
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Students from the Institute for Tourism Studies undertaking the entrepreneurship course engaged in a consultancy project to serve Simon Kuong, a local entrepreneur who founded many businesses in the region. This year, the project focus was to help a product company called Pikka Pikka, offering a range of trendy and high-tech fabric products with over 1,000 points of sale in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. The company is looking for new opportunities for new product development and therefore students engaged in industry and market research to identify opportunities. Towards the end of the project, students prepared a research report leading to the proposition of new product development with marketing mix strategies.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) attended the City of Gastronomy Festival in Parma from 2nd to 3rd June at the invitation of this Creative City of Gastronomy in Italy, seizing the opportunity to manifest Macao’s new status as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and meet with representatives of Slow Food International to gain a deeper understanding of the international slow food culture. MGTO Deputy Director Cheng Wai Tong was on the mission.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, broad money supply rebounded in April, with the share of patacas remained stable. Meanwhile, both resident deposits and loans increased from a month earlier.
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The 9^th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), guided by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao S.A.R, and jointly organised by the China International Contractors Association and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, will be held at the Venetian Macao from 7 to 8 June. More than 1,500 politicians, businessmen and academics from more than 60 countries and regions, including more than 50 government officials at the ministerial level or above from over 30 countries/regions will be joining the two-day event. The event is highly regarded and well received by the international enterprises and local industry. During this period, there will be many forums, business discussions, exhibitions and different activities, which will help enterprises to participate in and grasp the opportunities arising from the economic and trade co-operation service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
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The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) held the inauguration ceremony for the deputy director on 4 June 2018 at 10 o’clock in the morning. The ceremony was hosted by the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms. Chan Hoi Fan. Under the witness of the Chief of Office of the Secretariat for Administration and Justice, Ms. Iao Man Leng, Ms. Wong Pou Ieng took an oath to assume the position of Deputy Director of DSI.
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Antony John Kunnan, Full Professor from the University of Macau (UM) Department of English, who is also the associate dean of UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), recently published a new book, titled ‘Evaluating Language Assessment’, through Routledge, the world’s leading academic publisher in the field of humanities and social sciences.
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