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Dr Brian Hall, assistant professor from the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), University of Macau (UM), and his Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, conducted the first population representative study of depression in Macao. The results showed that 8 per cent of Chinese adults are likely to bedepressed. Based on this estimate, over 30, 000Macao residents may be in need of mental health services. The prevalence of depression in Macao is higher than observed in published studies from neighboring Hong Kong and in mainland China.
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To enhance cooperation and exchange, Professor Huang Youyi, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Executive Vice President of the Translators Association of China, together with Professor Zhong Weihe, Co-chair of Language Big Data Alliance, visited the Chinese-Portuguese Machine Translation Laboratory at Macao Polytechnic Institute on the 9th of August and was warmly welcomed by Professor Lei Heong Iok, President of MPI. Professor Huang spoke highly of the Laboratory's Chinese-Portuguese Machine Translation engine, the world's leading translation engine providing speech recognition and other technical services support for the development of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative and “Service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”. Professor Huang expressed his hope that the laboratory would speed up research and development and contribute to the Language Services Industry in Macao in the near future.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, new small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) credit approved expanded from a year ago in the first half of 2017. Meanwhile, the outstanding balance of SME loans also recorded annual growth with the share of SME loans to major industries remained stable.
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The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac, said the city’s horseracing betting concessionaire – Macau Horse Race Company Ltd – had its concession extended for six months to give the Government more time to analyse a long-term investment plan submitted by the company.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, expressed concern over the recent earthquake that occurred in Sichuan Province and conveyed his profound sympathy for those people affected by the disaster.
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Macao has obtained an outstanding result in the recent Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) Mutual Evaluation. It must be emphasized that the outcome of the evaluation does not come in a sudden, but is the result of the continuous work of all the government agencies and private sectors who have continuously placed tremendous participation in the process.
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Macao has obtained an outstanding result in the recent Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) Mutual Evaluation. It must be emphasized that the outcome of the evaluation does not come in a sudden, but is the result of the continuous work of all the government agencies and private sectors who have continuously placed tremendous participation in the process.
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Given the recent safety situation in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province, the China National Tourism Administration has issued a travel alert. Following is the translated version of the full text:
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total population was 648,400 as at end-June 2017, a slight increase of 100 quarter-to-quarter; female population (342,500) accounted for 52.8% of the total.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, new approvals of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) fell from the previous month while those of commercial real estate loans (CRELs) increased in June 2017. With regard to the outstanding balance, RMLs and CRELs both increased.
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