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Jointly organised by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM, from the Portuguese acronym) of the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Sichuan Museum, the exhibition “The Art of Zhang Daqian” features 100 masterpieces from the artist’s early and prime years collected by the Sichuan Museum, including his replicas of Dunhuang’s murals, landscape paintings, portraits, line drawings, letters and seals made and used by the artist before and after his stay in Dunhuang. Through these valuable works, the audience can deepen their knowledge on the artistic career and creativity of Zhang Daqian. This exhibition, integrated in the 28^th Macao Arts Festival, was inaugurated on Tuesday, 23 May, at 6:30pm, on the 4^th floor of the MAM. The opening ceremony was officiated by the Assistant of the Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao S.A.R., Shao Bin; the Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Kent Ieong Chi Kin; the Representative and Director of the Museum Division of the Culture Heritage Administration of Sichuan Province, Lily Li Bei; the Acting Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Tse Heng Sai; the Director of Macao Daily News, Lok Po; the President of the Chinese Cultural Exchange Association, Lei Pui Lam; the Executive Vice President of the Yu Un Painting & Chinese Calligraphy Association, Sio Chun Iun; the President of the Macau Artist Society, Lai Ieng; and the Director of the Macao Museum of Art of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Chan Kai Chon.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in May on 23 May for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets at Lam Mau, Patane and San Kio areas in Santo António Parish.
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For the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June, Consumer Council on 23 May collects prices of fresh pork from wet markets and supermarkets for consumers’ reference. The mentioned data collected during 17 May to 23 May are used for comparing the average selling price of the same products from Zhuhai. The relevant data has been uploaded to the Council’s website for consumers’ reference.
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As of the end of the first quarter of 2017, total assets of the Macao SAR Fiscal Reserve stood at MOP472.4 billion approximately, of which MOP128.0 billion belonged to the Basic Reserve and MOP344.4 billion to the Excess Reserve. In February 2017, MOP29.3 billion from the fiscal budget surplus of 2015 was officially transferred into the Fiscal Reserve. During the first quarter of 2017, the Fiscal Reserve continued to be managed under a prudent and effective strategy and recorded an investment income of MOP4.4 billion, representing an annualised 3.9% rate of return for the period.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that attributable to the Easter holiday (that fell in March last year), visitor arrivals in April 2017 increased by 11.0% year-on-year to 2,742,799, up by 9.7% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,441,162) and same-day visitors (1,301,637) went up by 17.7% and 4.4% respectively year-on-year. The average length of stay of visitors rose by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.2 days; overnight visitors and same-day visitors stayed an average of 2.1 days and 0.2 day respectively.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI in April 2017 increased by 0.80% year-on-year to 108.89, slightly higher than the 0.72% growth in March. The increment was attributable to higher charges for eating out and outpatient services, as well as increase in tuition fees and rising gasoline prices.
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The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) is paying close attention to the explosion incident that occurred at a concert in Manchester, England.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in May on 22 May 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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Prof Philip Chen, dean and chair professor of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (UM), recently received the 2017 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems Outstanding Paper Award, for his first-authored paper titled ‘Adaptive Consensus Control for a Class of Nonlinear Multi-agent Time-delay Systems Using Neural Network.’ The paper was selected from 195 papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems in 2014. The journal publishes technical articles that deal with the theory, design, and applications of neural networks and related learning systems. The award was presented to Prof Chen by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS).
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 28 banks in Macao; number of full-time employees increased by 53 year-on-year to 6,053 at the end of the first quarter of 2017. Analysed by occupation, there were 1,626 directors and managers, and 2,030 clerks (including 749 bank tellers).
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