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Students and teachers from the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) participated in the grand finals of the ‘2017 Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition’ held in Hong Kong from 3-5 July. Tens of thousands of university students took part in this annual event which aims to promote innovative thinking. A project team comprising four MPI students: Lam Choi Ut, Song In Man, Ngai Chong Cheong and Lai Chi Meng won the silver award at the competition, bringing great honour to Macao. The student team worked on a project entitled ‘Big-data based smart parking management solution’ under the supervision of Dr. Jacky Tang, Associate Professor of MPI’s Computing programme.
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The University of Macau’s (UM) summer programmes and summer camps have been quite popular among international students and secondary school students in Macao. This year, the university continues to organise summer programmes and camps of different themes, including science popularisation, biomedical sciences, English, and Portuguese, to help students discover their talents and interests.
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The 5^th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (“the Expo” or “MITE”) was inaugurated this morning (7^th July). As one of the featured highlights, the China – Portugal Tourism Seminar & Networking was held in the afternoon with around 120 tourism industry participants from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Portugal and other countries and regions. The event enhanced exchange and cooperation and radiated Macao’s advantages as a Sino-Portuguese platform.
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The Macao Museum (MM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, is devoted to promoting the history of Macao. Starting from July, the Macao Museum will improve the quality of its services by offering free admission to the public on Tuesdays.
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The Consumer Council conducted a test on beers and cocktail drinks for their contents of alcohol, calories, and sugar; test result shows that cocktail drinks generally contain more calories and sugar than beers. The Council indicates that alcohol is not good to health and remind consumers to consume alcoholic drinks sensibly.
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Supported by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and coordinated by Macau Travel Agency Association, the 5^th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (“the Expo” or “MITE”) was inaugurated at Hall D, Cotai Expo of the Venetian Macao this morning (7^th July). A total of six featured exhibition zones and activities are presented in the event, in line with the Macao Special Administrative Region Government’s participation in our Country’s Belt and Road initiative and the development planning of a city cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Expo also leverages Macao’s role as a Sino-Portuguese platform and highlights the unique advantages and diversity Macao has to offer.
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The representatives of Macao Polytechnic Institute attended the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) held in Moscow, Russia in late May and MPI was awarded the APQN’s Best/Model Internal Quality Assurance Award. This is the second time since 2015; MPI, the first higher education institution in Hong Kong and Macao to receive this international award, was again awarded the APQN Quality Award and it gives glory to Macao.
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The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) of the Macao SAR Government, in cooperation with the Architects Association of Macau and the Macao Urban Planning Institute, organises the Macao Exhibition at the 7^th Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 2017 (hereinafter called “Bi-City Biennale”), themed “Cities, Grow in Difference” this year. The call for submission of proposals is now open until 2 August. All individual curators and curatorial teams are welcome to submit their proposals.
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The 17^th Macao City Fringe Festival, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), will be held in January next year The call for proposals of programmes and performance venues is now open until 21 July 2017. All local associations registered at the Identification Services Bureau and artistic practitioners are invited to submit proposals of programmes and the general public is welcome to participate the festival as a venue provider.
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To celebrate the Open Day of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop located at General Post Office, Senado Square on 8th and 9th July 2017 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “Open Day of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR”.
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