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Exhibition of Calligraphic Documents by Huang Tingjian to be held at Tap Seac Gallery
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portugues acronym) of the Macao SAR Government and the People’s Government of Xiushui County, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China and coordinated by the Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Xiushui County, Jiangxi Province, Red Genes and Cultural Heritage Development Centre of Xiushui County, Jiangxi Province; and Huang Tingjian Memorial Hall of Jiangxi Province (Xiushui County Museum), “The Way of Huang Tingjian – Exhibition of Calligraphic Documents” will be inaugurated on 15 August (Thursday), at 12pm, at the Tap Seac Gallery. All are welcome to attend the ceremony.
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UM organises exhibition on achievements of volunteer teaching project in Guizhou
Chao Kuang Piu College (CKPC) of the University of Macau (UM) and the Rui Cunha Foundation have jointly organised the exhibition ‘Sunshine in the Mountains’ to showcase the achievements of CKPC’s volunteer teaching project at Gantuan Mei’e Primary School in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, over the past six years. The exhibition is held at the Rui Cunha Foundation Gallery until 10 August. It aims to deepen the public’s understanding of the living conditions of children in remote mountainous areas and showcase the enthusiasm and dedication of university students in their engagement in social services.
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Residential property price index for April – June 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index was 218.8 in the second quarter of 2024, down by 3.4% quarter-on-quarter; the index for the Macao Peninsula (215.6) dropped by 4.3% while that for Taipa & Coloane (231.5) increased by 0.1%. The index for existing residential units (236.6) decreased by 3.1% from the previous quarter; the indices for those in the Macao Peninsula (225.3) and Taipa & Coloane (281.6) dipped by 4.0% and 0.2% respectively. Meanwhile, the index for pre-sale residential units (273.4) rose by 4.5% quarter-on-quarter.
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Mock-up polling station to open from tomorrow
Mock-up polling station for the Chief Executive Election Committee process is set up at Macao Forum.
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election will open a mock-up polling station at the Macao Forum, and it will operate from 12 noon to 7pm on Thursday and Friday (8 and 9 August). That is so eligible voters can familiarise themselves with the correct voting procedures ahead of the 11 August election to choose members for the Chief Executive Election Committee.
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Mobile payment and payment card statistics – 2nd Quarter 2024
According to statistics released today (7 August) by the Monetary Authority of Macao, in the second quarter of 2024, the number and the value of transactions of local mobile payment tools both witnessed annual growth. Meanwhile, the credit card and the debit card turnover both increased from a year ago.
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Distribution work of “Wealth Partaking Scheme 2024” finished
The distribution work of “Wealth Partaking Scheme 2024” had started on 2 July and basically completed on 31 July. In the course of implementation individual permanent resident and non-permanent resident received MOP10,000 and MOP6,000 respectively. More than 580 thousand beneficiaries had received the amount of wealth partaking by means of bank transfer, accounting for about MOP5.71 billion, while 161 thousand crossed cheques had been mailed, which summed up to around MOP1.59 billion.
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