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Consumer Council conducted its first ‘Supermarket price survey’ in August on 15 August 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 Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election is to conduct a draw tomorrow (16 August) to determine the order in which each candidate team will be able to use television and radio airtime of the Teledifusao de Macau (TDM) for the purposes of electioneering.
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The cooperation with Alibaba Group to further the Government’s efforts on the development of a smart city aims to boost social well-being and enhance the quality of the city’s services to the public, thus helping to make Macao a more liveable city.
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Mr. Liu Chung Laung, a member of the Advisory Council of the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund, Mr. He Jintang, Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Mr. Li Ning, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Li Ning Company Limited recently received their certificates of appointment from Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac, to become Macao´s “Conference Ambassadors”. The said Ambassadors stated that, with the support from central government and the national strategy, together with Macao’s Mice’s software and hardware, they believe that it is possible to attract a larger number of international conferences to Macao, and that they will contribute the development of Macao’s convention and exhibitions industry, as well as the growth of various business sectors of Macao, so as to raise the “soft power” of Macao’s MICE Industry.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) recently paid an official visit to the Macau Association of Banks (the Association) and introduced to its representatives the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System (the System) that will be implemented on 1 January next year. Though this meeting, the FSS expects to deepen the understanding of the Association about the new law. The Association expressed its willingness to cooperate actively with the FSS in order to promote the System to the bank employees.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) recently held a closing ceremony for its Summer Camp 2017. This year’s summer camp attracted 140 students from 26 secondary schools in Macao. Some participants say that they have learned a lot of scientific knowledge that could be applied to their daily lives, adding that they hope to pursue further education in the same field.
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The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, kicks off its 2017-2018 Concert Season in September with the opening concert “Kyung Wha Chung and the Macao Orchestra”, to be held on 2 September (Saturday), at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Internationally renowned as the queen of the violin, South-Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung joins hands with the OM to present a much-anticipated season opening concert. Tickets are on sale from today onwards at the Macau Ticketing Network, and an early bird 40% discount on tickets is available until 31 August, subject to certain criteria,.
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The initial review for the “2016 Support Programme for the Production of Feature Films”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), was completed and a total of ten entrants were selected to the second review of the Programme. The final beneficiaries will receive not only the financial support, but also one-to-one professional advice provided by veteran film professionals, for the production, marketing and promotion of the selected feature films.
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A paper jointly written by Liu Nengwu, a student from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (UM); Zhu Lei, head of the department; and Choi Wai Wa, an associate professor from the department, recently received the Best Paper Award at the Cross-Strait Quad-Regional Radio Wireless Conference (CSQRWC) 2017. Titled ‘Low-Profile Wide-Bandwidth Patch Antenna under Operation of TM0,1/2 and TM2,1/2 Modes’, the paper proposes a novel design concept to enhance the bandwidth of microstrip patch antennas (MPA).
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To celebrate the commencement of the new academic year the “Macao Polytechnic Institute Opening Ceremony for Academic Year 2017-2018” will be held in the MPI Pavilion on 18^th August, 2017 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m.
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