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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) recently coordinated with the relevant functional departments on the work of increasing the amount of birth allowance of the social security system, the FSS announced today. The proposal for the increase is being scheduled for discussion by the Standing Committee for the Coordination of Social Affairs, which strives to have the proposal implemented on 1^st April.
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The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents the concert “Flourishing Arts” this Friday, 12 January, at 8pm, at St. Dominic’s Church. Xu I Teng and Ieong Neng, award winners at the 35^th Macao Young Musicians Competition, and Mao Fujita, winner of the First Prize in the Piano Competition of the 1^st Zhuhai Mozart International Competition for Young Musicians, join OM on stage and perform under the leadership of OM’s Assistant Conductor, Francis Kan. Tickets will be distributed at the St. Dominic’s Church one hour prior to the performance. Distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to a maximum of two tickets per person.
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The Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System (the System) has come into force on 1 January this year. Members of the public can invest and make savings through the provident fund contribution scheme so as to prepare for retirement. At present, a total of five fund management entities have taken the lead to join the System, providing a total of 26 pension funds as the investment instruments for the contributions of the non-mandatory central provident fund system. From now on, members of the public can check the related fund information on the non-mandatory central provident fund system information platform of the Social Security Fund.
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Owing to the impact of the maintenance works of the postal kiosks of S. Paulo and Barca, please be informed that the services of the mentioned kiosks will be suspended with effect from 15^th January 2018 until further notice.Public can approach the following post offices for the postal services.
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Macao and Guangdong have signed an agreement to enhance communication in the event of any incident relating to nuclear power generation.
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Consumer Council conducted its first ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 9 January 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 17^th Macao City Fringe Festival, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will take place from 12 to 21 January 2018, with the opening ceremony to be held on 12 January, at 3pm, at the Old Court Building. On the day of the opening ceremony, three excellent performances take to the stage, namely Niyaro: Yearning for Homeland, Jin-Tang and Always in My Heart, inviting the audience to uncover treasures of daily life. The public is advised to purchase their tickets as soon as possible as tickets for some of the programmes are limited.
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Prof Yonghua Song, a world-renowned scholar in electrical engineering, today (9 January) assumed office as the rector of the University of Macau (UM). He expressed his hope to familiarise himself with the new job as soon as possible, increase interactions with the local community, and carry out more innovations.
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