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Grand opening of the 2011 Macao International Environmental Cooperation Exhibition and Forum (2011MIECF) will take place this Thursday (March 31). The event will be held for three consecutive days at the Venetian Macao-Resort Hotel. MIECF comprises several activities, including exhibition, business matching and several conferences under the Green Forum. Part of the conferences will be held on the second day. Top government officials, experts and academics in the field of environmental protection from all over the world will gather at the MIECF to discuss the latest environmental issues. With regards to the Forum, the number of sessions has been increased from five sessions (last year) to seven sessions this year and will cover an analysis on the experience gathered from the development of low-carbon cities in different parts of the world, as well as the development of urban planning of Macao en route to be a city with low carbon emission. The Organizers have especially invited researchers from home and abroad to share the results of their research and their practical experience. The Green Opportunities Forum will start in the afternoon of the very first day, during which the speakers will focus on two major themes, namely: “Exploring Green Market Business Opportunities” and “Opportunities in Green Sectors: E-Mobility”. On the other hand, on April 1, there will be more sessions of the Green Forum, including “Urban Planning and Eco City Development”, which will be held in the morning, when the speakers will discuss about the importance of improving urban planning for a sustainable development in an high-speed development scenario, and debate on how urban planning can create eco-city development programs. In the “Low Carbon Urban Industries: Sustainable Tourism”, discussions will focus on how to create a low-carbon urban environment and the regional positioning and sustainable development of Macao as a world tourism and leisure centre. Representatives from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the PRC, APA – Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, from Portugal, PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) and the Environmental Protection Bureau of Beijing Municipality will be the keynote speakers. In addition to the above-mentioned two sessions, there will be three more sessions under the Green Forum, including “Green Buildings: Foundations of a Low Carbon Future”, “Clean Energy & Smart Grid” and “Green Chemical Forum”. It is hoped that through the above topics discussions, practical experience from Mainland China and oversas will be introduced to Macao, while creating conditions for Macao to become a demonstration platform for environmental technology. Furthermore, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the same day, Mr. Klaus Toepler, former Deputy Secretary-General Former United Nations Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme will deliver his keynote address. For related enquiries, please contact the MIECF Secretariat at tel. (853) 8798-8675, fax (853) 2872-7123, e-mail miecf@ipim.gov.mo or navigate to the following official MIECF website: www.macaomiecf.com
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Hosted by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the 2011 Macao International Environmental Cooperation Exhibition and Forum (2011 MIECF) will open this Thursday at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel. The event will run for three consecutive days, from March 31 to April 2. Chief Executive of Macao SAR, Mr. Fernando Chui Sai On will officiate at the opening ceremony. MIECF will gather the world´s top environmental government officials and experts and academics in the field to discuss the latest environmental issues and will be a meeting point for leading and well-known domestic and overseas exhibitors to create opportunities in the environmental business. Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and Macao Environemntal Protection Bureau (DSPA) will act as host coordinators for the event. As in the past, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People´s Republic of China have consented to be the special supporting organizations. The event also include as co-organizers, the governments of the 9 provinces in the Pan-Pearl River Delta and the Government of Hong Kong SAR. MIECF is an exhibition and forum event of the highest level in the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region. MIECF´s main theme for this year is “Green Opportunities - Low Carbon Urban Development”, to promote "Green Cities, Smart Technology, Sustainable Growth", in line with the emission reduction strategy of the Central Government and the environmental policies of the Macao SAR Government. Through a series of professional exhibition and convention activities, along with the Green Business Cooperation Day, business matching sessions, Green Public Day and a wide array of other interactive activities, MIECF aims to promote local, regional and international cooperation and to share the latest environmental technologies and solutions, aiming to create business opportunities to the enterprises, disseminate the green spirit and to act an exchange platform between governments entities and academic institutions. Mr. Wang Shancheng, Deputy Director General, Department of Resources Conservation & Environment Protection, National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC, representing Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Deputy Director of National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC and Ms. Song Xiaozhi, Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation and Deputy Director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the PRC, representing Mr. Zhou Shengxian, Minister of Environmental Protection of the PRC, will both deliver keynote addresses. Mr. Joschka Fischer, Former Vice Chancellor and Former Foreign Minister of Germany, will also deliver a keynote speech on “Decoupling Growth and Emissions - a Roadmap to a Prosperous Decarbonized Future”. Keynote address by another important keynote speaker, Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Former United Nations Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, will be presented on the next day (April 1). Representatives attending the opening ceremony will include the Governor of Hunan Province, Xu Shousheng, the Deputy Governor of Fujian Province, Ye Shuangyu, the Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province, Lin Musheng, the Deputy President of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yang Daoxi, the Deputy Governor or Hainan Province, Li Xiuling, the Deputy Governor of Guizhou Province, Sun Guoqiang, the Vice President of the Standing Committee of the National People´s Congress of Yunnan Province, Li Chunlin, the Deputy Director of Environmental Protection Bureau of Sichuan Province, Jiang Xiaoting, the Inspector of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Jiangxi Province, Wu Jianmen, the Deputy Director of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Sun Tong, the Chief Representative of the Representative Office in Hong Kong and Macao of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Dong Jiayang, the Secretary for the Environment of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Edward Yau, and the Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland, Esko Hamilo. The exhibition and business matching activities of this year´s MIECF will be held for three consecutive days. A series of activities and forums in connection with the Green Business Cooperation Day will be held in the afternoon of the first day. Other forums will take place on the second day, while the last day – April 2 (Saturday) is reserved for Green Public Day, when members of the public are welcome. This year´s MIECF will exhibit important products of the green industry, including solar energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hybrid energy systems, electric cars and hybrid vehicles, charging stations, battery and battery storage solutions, building technology, facilities management, smart grid, waste disposal, water conservation, air pollution control, noise control, project financing and consultancy. Besides the Macao Pavilion, the Pan-Pearl River Delta Provinces and Regions Zone, the European Pavillion, the United States Zone and the International Exhibition Zone, several business associations and chambers of commerce related to the environmental sector have set-up their respective exhibition zones inside the venue, including the Macao Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Macao Energy Saving Association, Macao Ecological Society, Macao International Green Industry Union, Green Environment Protection Association of Macao and “Macau, China – Centro para o Estudo e Desenvolvimento da Indústria das Energias Renovaváveis entre Ásia-Pacífico e América Latina”. At 2.30 p.m. on the first day of the MIECF (March 31), a series of activities related with the Green Business Cooperation Day will be held, including forums, networking cocktail party and protocols signing ceremony. Green Forum will comprise two major themes, namely: “Exploring Green Market Business Opportunities” and “Opportunities in Green Sectors: E-Mobility”. Experts and senior representatives of the world´s leading enterprises were especially invited to make an in-depth exploration around these issues. Speakers will include Tongfan Co., Ltd. (China´s Top 100 IT enterprise), EDP Internacional, Beijing Origin Water Technology Incorporation Company, Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd., BWM, Scania, BYD, GIZ, CEM (from Macao), Zotype, Zhuhai Jetco and CLP, as well as representatives of the Chinese and foreign governments, and also environmental organizations and business representatives. Green Business Cooperation Day is jointly organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), AICEP Portugal Global, Macao Chamber of Commerce, European Union Chamber of Commerce in Chinam European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the American Chamber of Commerce in Macau, the American Chamber of Commerce in South China and the European Union Business Information Programme. Since its inception in 2008, MIECF has been successfully held for three consecutive years in Macao. There has been a continuing growth in the number of exhibitors, exhibition area and the number of professional representatives present. Last year´s MIECF attracted altogether 5,990 representatives of companies from 47 countries and regions, the exhibition venue was 13,400 square metres and the number of exhibitors totalled 362. This fully demonstrates the successful role played by MIECF as an important green platform for South China and the Pan-PRD Region. For related enquiries, please contact the MIECF Secretariat at tel. (853) 8798-8675, fax (853) 2872-7123, e-mail miecf@ipim.gov.mo or navigate the following official MIECF website: www.macaomief.com
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (27th March 16:01 till 28th March 16:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1187 and 0.1318μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate for December 2010 - February 2011 was 2.8%, up by 0.1 percentage point over the previous period (November 2010 - January 2011); the underemployment rate went down by 0.1 percentage point to 1.6%. Total labour force was 334,000 in December 2010 - February 2011 and the labour force participation rate stood at 71.6%, up by 0.2 percentage point from the previous period. The employed population increased by about 1,900 over the previous period to 325,000, in which employment of Hotels, Restaurants & Similar Activities and the Gaming Sector saw increase, while that of the Transport, Storage & Communications Sector registered a decrease. Number of the unemployed increased slightly by 400 from the previous period to 9,300, with 5.1% being fresh labour force entrants searching for their first job, down by 2.4 percentage points over the previous period. In comparison with December 2009 - February 2010, the labour force participation rate rose by 0.6 percentage point; meanwhile, the unemployment rate and the underemployment rate dropped by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage point respectively.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (27th March 10:01 till 28th March 10:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1187 and 0.1318μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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The Legal and Judicial Training Centre will hold the “Seminar on Internet Crimes: From Global Challenges to Small Countries Response” from March 28 to April 1, 5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Law Reform and International Law Bureau (CNAC Building, 6th floor). The Seminar, being part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, will be hosted by Dr. Marco Gercke, Professor at the Cologne University and Director of the Institute for Cybercrime Studies in Germany; and Dr. Anna-Maria Talihärm, Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. The Seminar, conducted in English with simultaneous translation into Cantonese and Portuguese, will cover the following topics: 1. Development of Computer Crime and Internet Crime; 2. Lessons learnt from the past and recent trends;
3. Statistical information;
4. Challenges of Fighting Cybercrime;
5. New investigation instruments and strategies;
6. International approaches in fighting Cybercrime;
7. European legal instruments in fighting Cybercrime;
8. Small countries response to Cybercrime;
9. An overview about the response to Cybercrime in the Pacific and Caribbean – experiences from two EU-funded projects;
10. Case example: Estonia;
11. New trends and changing targets;
12. Attacks against critical infrastructure. The seminar aims to analyse the new phenomenon in the area of internet crime and its associated risks, vulnerabilities and challenges. In an ever-increasingly interconnected globalised world, this phenomenon is assuming an increasing transnational nature, especially from small countries' perspectives. The understanding of the measures taken in the international community to address these problems will contribute significantly to the prevention of that crime and heighten the capacity to fight it. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this seminar, has as its main objective the “consolidation of the Macao Legal System” and will take place until December 2012. The execution of the Co-operation Programme is coordinated by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau, organized by the different MSAR's entities and public departments, namely, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services, the Financial Services Bureau and the Institute of European Studies of Macau.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (26th March 16:01 till 27th March 16:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1195 and 0.1309μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (26th March 10:01 till 27th March 10:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1187 and 0.1309μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (25th March 16:01 till 26th March 16:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1178 and 0.1309μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (25th March 10:01 till 26th March 10:00) by the Taipa Grande Station of the Macao Meteorological Bureau, the Gamma-ray absorbed dose rate per minute ranges between 0.1178 and 0.1291μGy/h (micro Gray / hour) which is far more below the warning level of 0.35μGy/h. The Macao Meteorological Bureau will continue to pay close attention to this nuclear incident in Japan and monitor for any possible impact on Macao. If any abnormalities being discovered, we will release related message to the public immediately and inform relevant government departments to adopt relative contingency measures.
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