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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the 29^th Macao Arts Festival (MAF) presents the “Fado Concert” by the Macao Chinese Orchestra, featuring Portuguese fado singers Mísia and Pedro Moutinho, on 31 May at 8:00pm at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the conductor Liu Sha will not perform in the Fado Concert as planned, and the concert will be led by maestro Wang Fujian and the programme will remain unchanged.
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Organized by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Cooperation between Guangdong and Macao (hereinafter, “GMTCM Park”) in collaboration with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor Association of Thailand, the Awarding Ceremony of the “Thailand-Macao Academic Exchanges on TCM and Free Consultation” was held on May 10, 2018 on the fringe of the “2018 Traditional Medicine International Development Forum (Thailand)”. On May 11, the “Academic Exchanges on TCM and Free Consultation between Thailand and Macao” took place in Bangkok, Thailand, in the presence of 15 TCM practitioners coming from Thailand, Mainland China and Macao who have provided clinical services to the Thai community and conducted exchanges of ideas and experiences in MTC clinical techniques.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 15 May for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in Sé Parish.
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Guided by the Ministry of Commerce, the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, jointly organised by the China International Contractors Association and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, the 9^th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) will take place at the Venetian Macao on 7 and 8 June, and will be joined by elites from the political, commercial and academic sectors from home and abroad. The theme for this edition is New Growth Drivers for Better Infrastructure and Closer Connectivity.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 57 institutions offering vocational training courses in 2017, an increase of 6 institutions compared with 2016. A total of 1,685 courses were organised, down by 1.9% year-on-year. Total number of participants rose by 1.1% to 66,500.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP153.2 billion (USD18.95 billion) at the end of April 2018. The reserves decreased by 2.4% from the revised value of MOP156.9 billion (USD19.41 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-April 2018 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 81.5% of pataca M2 at end-March 2018.
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The University of Macau (UM) is dedicated to nurturing professionals with innovative thinking and international competitiveness. In recent years, many of the university’s postgraduate graduates have been active in the international community, with contributions in their respective fields. This year, Samuel Zeng, a master’s degree graduate from UM, has entered the MIT Technology Review’s list of ‘35 Innovators Under 35 in China’, one of the most authoritative lists of talented young people in technology and innovation, for developing unmanned retailing technology. Innovators who made the list in the past include Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, and Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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Consumer Council conducted its third ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 14 May for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in Toi San, Ilha Verde and Fai Chi Kei areas in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish.
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