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Macau International Airport concluded its full scale emergency exercise in a smooth manner
Macau International Airport conducted the full scale emergency exercise early this morning (24 November 2017) to simulate an aircraft accident with the aircraft wings and the engines crashing with the runway upon landing. The accident eventually led to a fire. The airport emergency plan was immediately activated to resolve the crisis. The exercise was concluded in a smooth manner and achieved its goal.
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UM students win third prize at 11th National Structure Design Contest for College Students
Three students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), University of Macau (UM), recently won a third prize at the 11th National Structure Design Contest for College Students held in Wuhan.
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National Congress of the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies opens in Macao
The 43rd National Congress of the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies opened today (November 23) in Macao, in a ceremony presided by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government, Alexis Tam. Co-organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVT, from its Portuguese acronym), this year’s congress in Macao mobilized one of the highest attendance of the annual gathering of the most representative association of Portuguese tourism industry. Over the next few days, delegates will zoom-in on internal topics related to Portugal tourism industry, while looking to opportunities to tap into Macao and Mainland China market.
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Public Session on the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System to Hold on Sunday
The non-mandatory central provident fund system (the System) will come into force on 1 January next year. In order to deepen the understanding of the community about the System, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) has held several explanatory sessions on the System. The final public session will be held on 26 November (Sunday) at Fu Luen School. Members of the public who attach importance to their retirement planning and want to make early retirement arrangements should seize this opportunity to sign up for participation.
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Macao Orchestra presents “Starry Vienna – New Year Concert” on 30 December
To welcome the New Year of 2018, the Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents the annual concert “Starry Vienna – New Year Concert”, to be held on Saturday 30 December, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Tickets are now available at the Macau Ticketing Network.
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Visitor arrivals for October 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that attributable to the National Day and Mid-AutumnFestival holidays, visitor arrivals increased by 16.2% month-to-month to 2,888,716 in October 2017, and rose by 7.9% year-on-year. Overnight visitors (1,471,036) and same-day visitors (1,417,680) went up by 7.3% and 8.4% respectively year-on year. The average length of stay of visitors (1.2 days) held steady year-on-year, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors remaining unchanged at 2.2 days and 0.2 day respectively.
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