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The English Language Centre (ELC) of the Faulty of Arts and Humanity (FAH), University of Macau (UM), recently held the ‘English Festival X,’ which attracted many UM students. Participants say the festival improved their English language skills and boosted their confidence when using English.
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Jointly organised by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Albergue SCM, the exhibition “Women Artists – 1^st International Biennial of Macao” was inaugurated today (8 March), on the 3^rd floor of the MAM, featuring 142 works from the 1970’s up to the present created by 132 women artists from 22 countries and regions, including paintings, silkscreen printings, drawings, sculptures, installations and videos, among others. The exhibition aims to record and present the creative trajectories and achievements of female artists during this period, as well as to introduce the achievements of female artists from varied ethnic and educational backgrounds and their pursuit of multiple aesthetics, in particular those artists that left their footprints in the artistic journey of the 21^st century. The biennial is open until May 13.
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The Government is garnering opinions from different sectors on a proposal to introduce short-term measures to improve flood control and drainage management in the Inner Harbour area.
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The 2018 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2018 MIECF) is to be held from April 12 to 14. MIECF – now in its 11^th edition – has won the full support of local and international environment protection industries. Representatives of local companies which have effectively expanded their businesses through the attendance at last year’s MIECF consider the event an important platform for international green exchange and co-operation. According to them, MIECF has become an increasingly prominent platform in the environment protection sector and offers participants obstacle-free access to the latest international breakthroughs in the field.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) started compiling the residential property price index with data from the past three consecutive months, and releases the results on a monthly basis to improve the timeliness of the statistics.
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The Unitary Police Service received a notice on Wednesday (7 March) regarding an operational event at Yangjiang Nuclear Power Co Ltd.
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The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Tam Chon Weng, said the Government planned to start offering outreach healthcare services to senior citizens in need by month-end.
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Zhu Shoutong, deputy director of the University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture and Distinguished Professor from UM’s Department of Chinese Language and Literature, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Literatures in Chinese published by Shantou University. It is the first time that Shantou University has appointed an external scholar as the editor-in-chief of the publication. It is also the first time that a scholar outside of mainland China has been appointed to this position.
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Consumer Council conducted its second ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 7 for March 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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As an emerging industry, Convention and Exhibition (commonly known as MICE) Industry has been steadily developing with a strategy of “prioritising conventions” in recent years. At the beginning of 2018, various conventions – from annual conference of animal nutrition product company involving hundreds of attendees, to software developer’s conference sizing thousands of participants of and medical equipment company, and even the conferences of medicine and healthcare company and internationally renowned enterprises that are expecting tens of thousands of participants – have set Macao as their business events destination. Most of the organisers expressed their recognition of Macao’s well-developed facilities for MICE and its reputation as UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Some of them even developed the combination of team building and in-depth experience of Macao by arranging for event attendees to visit different communities in Macao, assigning tasks for attendees to complete at cultural heritage sites and IPIM’s Portuguese-speaking Countries Food Products Exhibition Centre, inviting event attendees to workshops of making Macao local pastry. Such arrangements had enabled events participants to enjoy a unique convention trip.
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