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Foreign exchange reserves and nominal effective exchange rate index for the pataca – August 2018
The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP159.5 billion (USD19.73 billion) at the end of August 2018. The reserves increased by 1.7% from the revised value of MOP156.9 billion (USD19.41 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-August 2018 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 81.2% of pataca M2 at end-July 2018.
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All-out effort in preparation for forecast typhoons
The Secretary for Security, Mr Wong Sio Chak, today stressed that the Government had stepped up its preparation efforts in response to the anticipated arrival of two typhoons identified respectively by the names Barijat and Mangkhut.
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Macao International Fireworks Display Contest reschedules fireworks displays this Saturday, 15 September for another date
According to the weather forecast of Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Macao will be under the influence of unstable weather conditions this weekend. Therefore, the fireworks displays (by French and Portuguese teams) originally scheduled on the third night, this Saturday (15 September) by the Macao International Fireworks Display Contest, as well as the Fireworks Carnival on the same night, will be rescheduled to another date. Residents’ and visitors’ kind attention and understanding for the above change are appreciated. The updated schedule of fireworks displays will be announced by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) at a later time and uploaded on MGTO’s website: http://fireworks.macaotourism.gov.mo.
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Consumer Council released latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ Surveyed spots included 13 supermarkets in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish
Consumer Council conducted its second ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 12 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Iao Hon Market and the Border Gate area (Portas do Cerco ) in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish.
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Images of UM name, Wall of Great Wisdom appear on international journal’s cover for the first time
A study on oligosaccharides (carbohydrate polymers that contain three to ten simple sugars) in lotus seeds, conducted by researchers from the University of Macau (UM), was recently featured in the internationally renowned journalElectrophoresis. The Wall of Great Wisdom, a gift to UM from the Ministry of Education, and a stamp of UM were used in the design of this issue’s cover. This is the first time that the sculpture and UM’s stamp have appeared in a journal’s cover. The cover design shows an aesthetically appealing mix of the symbol of UM’s liberal arts education and the symbol of Macao --- lotus, which nicely echoes the subject matter of the research study, the medicinal benefits of lotus seeds.
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