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To commemorate the 2575th anniversary of Confucius’s birth, Yuelu Academy of Hunan University held a Confucius Worship Ceremony. Members from the University of Macau (UM) and other member institutions of the Chinese Residential College Alliance, including Peking University, Wuhan University, Nanjing University, and Southeast University, were invited to attend the ceremony. They participated in traditional Chinese rituals to honour Confucius and other ancient sages.
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The Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) of the University of Macau (UM) will hold a Nobel Laureate Lecture on 5 November (Tuesday). Thomas Sargent, Nobel laureate in economic sciences, will deliver a lecture on ‘Sources of Artificial Intelligence’. All are welcome to attend.
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Jointly organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and Galaxy Entertainment Group, the “GEG Traditional Music and Dance Performance in the Community”, integrated in the 6^th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Culture Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries,” will be held on 24, 26, 27 and 31 October, and 2 and 3 November, featuring 14 vibrant performances to be presented at Iao Hon Market Park, Galaxy Macau™ Diamond Lobby and Crystal Lobby, the Ruins of St. Paul’s and Carmo Fair in Taipa.
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) has detected a scam where fraudsters pretend to be major Hong Kong and Macao supermarket chains and randomly send phishing text messages to the public. These messages claim that the points in the recipients’ accounts are about to expire and urge them to click the embedded link to visit a counterfeit supermarket website. The website lures individuals to enter their personal and credit card information by offering gifts that can be exchanged with low points, thereby stealing credit card data to carry out unauthorized large transactions.
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) discovered that someone had been posting information on online social platforms concerning a gambling website titled “Macao Mark Six.”
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Concerning the Public Security Police Force’s operations and the Labour Affairs Bureau’s operations as well as various joint operations against illegal workers in September 2024, the figures are set out below:
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 30.1% year-on-year to 25,920,914 in the first three quarters of 2024, recovering to 85.8% of the number in the same period in 2019. Same-day visitors (13,834,674) and overnight visitors (12,086,240) grew by 42.8% and 18.1% year-on-year respectively. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.2 days, with that of overnight visitors remaining unchanged at 2.3 days.
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The second batch of people approved withdrawing funds of the 2024 fund allocation to the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System’s government-managed sub-accounts will start receiving the funds today (23 October). There are 8,062 people in total.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the Tap Siac Craft Market will be held from 14 to 17 November and from 21 to 24 November at Tap Siac Square. 64 creative handicraft workshops will be held, including 11 sessions for families. The workshops include ceramics, glass, miniature, painting and leather, integrating fun, creativity and crafts. All interested parties are welcome to participate.
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