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Journal edited by UM professor ranked top by authoritative international rankings
The Asian Journal of Criminology (AJOC), whose editor-in-chief is Prof Liu Jianhong from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (UM), has been ranked as a Quarter 1 journal in the latest Scientific Journal Rankings (SJR) report. Only magazines with the most academic influence and the highest number of citations are ranked as Q1 journals.
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UM recommended to receive ten prizes at Macao Science and Technology Awards
The list of the recipients of the 2018 Macao Science and Technology Awards has been released. The University of Macau (UM) has been recommended to receive ten prizes out of the 16 prizes in the Natural Science Award category, Technological Invention Award category, and Science and Technology Progress Award category. The university is expected to win the most prizes among all institutions in Macao at this year’s award.
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GGCT issues Level 1 Travel Alert for Bali
Given the recent volcano eruption in Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia, the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) has issued a Level 1 Travel Alert to that destination. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has also issued a security alert to the same destination. Following is the translated version of the full text:
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Leong Vai Tac meets with Rio de Janeiro Vice Governor
On the morning of 26 June the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac, met with Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Francisco Dornelles. It was one of the final stops on Mr Leong’s combined trip to Portugal and Brazil. Later in the morning of June 26, Mr Leong and a Macao delegation toured the operations centre of the Municipal Government of Rio de Janeiro to gain a better understanding of its work.
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CE gives report to Vice Premier regarding views on Greater Bay Area
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, gave a report on Thursday (28 June) to Vice Premier of the State Council, Mr Han Zheng, regarding opinions and recommendations – as conveyed by the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government and various sectors of the Macao community – on the anticipated development plan of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area).
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for May 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours totalled 704,000 in May 2018, up by 1.6% year-on-year and yet down by 6.8% month-to-month. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (540,000) and Hong Kong (11,000) dropped by 1.2% and 32.0% respectively year-on-year, while those from the Republic of Korea (46,000) and Taiwan (55,000) grew by 17.4% and 64.9%. In the first five months of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 3,586,000, up by 15.9% year-on-year.
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