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Tickets for Macao Orchestra’s “Children’s Day Concert – The adventure of DoReMi” on sale from Sunday
The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym) under the Cultural Affairs Bureau will present the concert “Children’s Day Concert - The adventure of DoReMi” on Saturday, 3 June, at 2:30pm, at the Macao Tower Auditorium. All children are invited to participate in a joyous musical journey with “Uncle Music”, fairy “DoReMi” and “The Princess”. The concert is suitable for children aged three or above and tickets are available at the Macau Ticketing Network from 10am on 26 March (Sunday).
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Terrorist Attack in London – No information indicating that Macao residents have been affected
The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) is paying close attention to the situation caused by the terrorist attack on the 22nd in London. Until the present moment, GGCT has not received any request for information or assistance, nor indication that Macao residents have been affected.
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IPIM Organises Delegation of Representatives from the Convention, Exhibition and Tourism Industries to Shanghai to Promote the Strengths of Macao´s Convention and Exhibition Industry
Following the organisation of a delegation of representatives from the convention, exhibition and tourism industries to participate in the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME 2017) in Melbourne, Australia in February, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) organised a delegation to participate in the Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings (IT&CM China 2017) in Shanghai from 21 to 23 March. Apart from participating in the event and related promotional activities, IPIM also set up a “Macao Pavilion” at the venue and arranged over 500 business-matching sessions. Participating enterprises said that they were able to get in touch with potential local and overseas customers from different sectors, which was beneficial to their business development.
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UM professor becomes the first Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences from Macao
Prof Xu Jie, associate dean of the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities, has been elected the only Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor in the field of linguistics and applied linguistics for the year 2016. Prof Xu is the first Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences from Macao. He joined the competition for the title under the Chang Jiang Scholars Programme organised by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
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Visitor arrivals for February 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals in February 2017 totalled 2,495,196, down by 5.6% year-on-year and 13.2% month-to-month. Same-day visitors decreased by 13.2% year-on-year to 1,263,236 while overnight visitors increased by 3.6% to 1,231,960. The average length of stay of visitors was 1.2 days, up by 0.1 day year-on-year; the average stay of overnight visitors went up by 0.1 day to 2.2 days whereas that of same-day visitors remained unchanged at 0.2 day.
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UM confers honorary doctorate on Jia Pingwa, holds seminar on contemporary literature
The University of Macau (UM) today (22 March) conferred a degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa on the renowned writer Jia Pingwa, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to contemporary Chinese literature. Following the ceremony, Jia gave a Doctor honoris causa Lecture, titled ‘Contemporary Literary Writing in Chinese’, which attracted a full-house audience composed of UM faculty, students, and members of the public. Even the aisles were packed with people.
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Cultural Affairs Bureau receives petition on the Lai Chi Vun shipyards
This morning (22 March), the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) received a petition containing signatures collected by civil entities urging the Bureau to “apply the classification procedures of immovable heritage to the Lai Chi Vun shipyards”. IC will review and analyze the relevant information, and will tackle the issue strictly in accordance with the “Cultural Heritage Protection Law”.
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Promotion of election via various channels aims to boost voter engagement
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election is to distribute – via various media and other channels – information on the upcoming election, with the aim of encouraging voters to exercise their voting rights and duties.
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Consumer Council released its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ Surveyed spots included 12 supermarkets in Santo António Parish
Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in March on 22 March for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Horte e Costa, Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua da Emenda areas in Santo António Parish.
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Consumer Report no. 282 published Report on seasonings and other food products included
The Consumer Council and Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) co-tested forty samples of soups, seasonings, condiments, and snacks for their contents of colouring matter and potassium. All samples pass the standard of testing colouring matter, meanwhile, four samples are found to contain high levels of potassium. Consumers are advised to pay attention when eating these kinds of foods, and to adopt a healthy diet.
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