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Consumer Council released latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in Taipa and Coloane area
Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 20 June for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 11 supermarkets in Taipa and Coloane area.
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UM holds UAUC joint meeting; Chui hopes UM redoubles effort to train high-calibre professionals in various fields
The University of Macau (UM) yesterday (19 June) held the Joint Meeting of the University Assembly (UA) and University Council (UC) for the 2017/2018 academic year in its Ho Yin Conference Hall. Chui Sai On, chief executive of the Macao SAR, chancellor of UM, and chair of the UA, presided over the meeting. Chui said that the Macao SAR government accords great importance to education and hopes UM will redouble its effort to produce high-calibre professionals in various fields.
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Business climate survey on restaurants & similar establishments and retail trade for April 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that 48% of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments reported a year-on-year rise in receipts in April, down by 12 percentage points from March. The corresponding proportions of Japanese & Korean Restaurants (47%) and Chinese Restaurants (59%) reduced by 27 and 23 percentage points respectively. Meanwhile, the share of interviewed establishments recording a year-on-year decline in receipts went up by 3 percentage points over March to 22%.
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Macao Orchestra celebrates its 35th Anniversary Tickets for new concert season on sale from 1 July
The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will begin its 2018-19 Concert Season, themed “Music Gala 35: Music Fills the City”, in September. In celebration of its 35th anniversary, a number of prominent musicians were invited to bring music aficionados a variety of excellent performances. As part of this concert season, a new “Young Audience Programme” will be launched, offering young music aficionados a series of educational and outreach activities, as well as a special edition of the Macau Pass to spread classical music everywhere. Furthermore, the OM has commissioned outstanding contemporary Chinese composer Wang Xilin a new work for its 35th anniversary, aiming to celebrate the special occasion with music aficionados. Tickets for the new concert season will be on sale at the Macau Ticketing Network from 1 July, and an early bird discount of 40% will be available, subject to certain criteria, between 1 July and 31 August.
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Portuguese version of the book Catholic Music in Macao in the Twentieth Century: Music Writers and Their Works in a Unique Historical Context launched in Lisbon
The launching ceremony of the Portuguese version of the book Catholic Music in Macao in the Twentieth Century: Music Writers and Their Works in a Unique Historical Context, resulting of a cooperation between the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and the Confucius Institute of the University of Aveiro, published by Edições Colibri, was held on 30 May at the Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre, in Lisbon. The launching ceremony was attended by Head of Division of Research and Publications of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Wong Man Fai; the Director of the Confucius Institute of the University of Aveiro, Carlos Manuel Ferreira Morais; the Director of Edições Colibri, Fernando Mão de Ferro; and the translator of the work and Assistant Professor of the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro, Shao Xiao Ling, among others.
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CE to visit cities of the Greater Bay Area
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, will lead a delegation representing the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on a series of visits covering nine cities within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area). The first trips – to the cities of Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhongshan and Jiangmen in Guangdong Province – will be in late June.
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