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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (30th March 10:01 till 31st 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 0.1318μGy/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 the radiation level in 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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Hosted by the Macao SAR Government, the 2011 Macao International Environmental Cooperation Exhibition and Forum (2011 MIECF) opens tomorrow at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel tomorrow. The event will run for three from March 31 to April 2. The Chief Executive of Macao SAR, Mr Chui Sai On, will officiate at the opening ceremony and deliver a welcome speech. MIECF gathers the world's top environmental government officials, experts and academics in the field to discuss the latest environmental issues. It will be a meeting point for leading and well-known domestic and overseas exhibitors to create opportunities in the environmental business. The Deputy Director-General of Department of Resources Conservation and Environment Protection of the National Development and Reform Commission, Mr Wang Shancheng, representing the Deputy Director of the Commission, Mr Xie Zhenhua, and the Deputy Director General of Department of International Cooperation and Deputy Director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ms Song Xiaozhi, representing Mr Zhou Shengxian, the Minster of Environmental Protection, will deliver keynote addresses at the opening ceremony. Mr Joschka Fischer, Former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany, will also deliver a keynote speech entitled “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 at 11:45 a.m. on the second day (April 1). The exhibition and business matching activities of this year´s MIECF will be held over the three 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. Five forums will be held on April 1, “Urban Planning and Eco City Development”, “Low Carbon Urban Industries: Sustainable Tourism” and “Green Chemical Forum” will be held in the morning, while “Green Buildings: Foundations of a Low Carbon Future” and “Clean Energy & Smart Grid” will be held in the afternoon. 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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After a successful collaboration in the delivery of an executive development programme last February, Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) teamed up again with Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) to deliver another programme on “Value Creation for Food & Beverage” from March 29-30. The programme aim is to enhance food quality and service, as well as to examine ways to achieve a win-win situation between service providers and customers. Thirty food & beverage professionals from hotels and education organizations in Macau and Hong Kong participated in the programme. The two-day programme drew industry leaders and practitioners' attention to issues in food cost management, marketing strategies and customer expectations. Participants learnt how superior products could be created and how customer perception might be changed. Famous brands and cases were also discussed and studied. Over the two days, participants were familiarised with: - Definition of value chain - Sales approach to value creation— Capacity management
- Cost control in a successful restaurant
- Uniform system of account model for P&L
- Variable costs and fixed cost simulation
- Group reflection on KPI
- Labor control The programme was conducted by Prof. Alain Najar who has been teaching at EHL since 1992 while continuing his consultancy activities as a module leader in the executive education programmes organized by Lausanne Hospitality Consulting. Prof. Najar is an alumnus of EHL and also holds an MBA from the Business School Lausanne. His industry experience spans 13 years with Hilton International, Sheraton and the Accor group in Kuwait, Dubai, Madagascar, Syria and Egypt. The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland, is the first and leading hospitality school founded in 1893. EHL provides solid hospitality management education based on the philosophy that hospitality management is both a science and an art. Its approach emphasizes not only the technique but also the culture of hospitality: the mixture of tangible and intangible elements that make up this unique industry. The establishment of this partnership expands further IFT's European connection. As one of the leading tourism and hospitality education institutions in Macao and Asia Pacific, IFT will continue to provide top-notch programmes and contribute to the sustainable development of the industry.
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Recently, citizens are asking the Identification Services Bureau for application forms for Mainland residents to reside in Macao. Thus, this bureau wishes to clarify that we do not distribute any application forms in regard to children of Macao residents in Mainland entering Macao for residence nor conduct any kind of registration. In pursuant to the stipulation of Article 22 of the Basic Law of the Macao SAR, Mainland residents entering Macao for residence is governed by the Central Government. Therefore, children of Macao residents in Mainland must make the application to reside in Macao or enquiries at the immigration department of the Public Security Authorities in Mainland.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (29th March 16:01 till 30th 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 0.1318μGy/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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Macao Museum under the Cultural Affairs Bureau makes a new overall plan about the list of Macao's Intangible Cultural Heritage close tomorrow (31/3) before 5:00pm. Interested institutions or individuals deliver the applications, together with a short clip (maximum 10 minutes in DVD format) and a minimum of five digital photographs (5.0 megapixels or more) of the declared item, proof of written consent from the heir(s) and written consent to Macao Museum auditorium. As the declaration of intangible cultural heritage is a long-term project which places strong emphasis on quality and content, should any institutions or individuals be unable to meet the deadline, they are encouraged to participate in the next batch of declarations. The declaration work has been drawing extensive attention and support from various social sectors plus the active participation of numerous organizations, scholars and design companies during the recent years. Currently, the list of Macao's Intangible Cultural Heritage features six items, three of which, namely “Yueju Opera” (Cantonese Opera), “Herbal Tea” and “Woodwork – Macao Religious Figure Carving”, are successfully inscribed on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The remaining three items “Cantonese Naamyam (Narrative Songs)”, “Macao Taoist Ritual Music”, and “Festival of the Drunken Dragon” are also included in the national public review list. Yueju Opera (Cantonese Opera) is even inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. We expect more items to be declare and succeed to be included in the list of Macao's Intangible Cultural Heritage. For enquiries regarding the declaration procedure of intangible cultural heritage, residents and institutions may visit www.macaumuseum.gov.mo or contact Mr. Chan at 8394 1221 during office hours.
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According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (29th March 10:01 till 30th 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 0.1318μGy/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 Macao Historical Archives operates under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and is responsible for the preservation of records of historic value. Given Macao's geographical location in a sub-tropical zone, it is essential to actively protect paper records in order to avoid deterioration and ensure their correct preservation. Such measures include regular pest control. The next scheduled pest control in the Macao Historical Archives will take place on 1st and 2nd of April. The Reading Room will be closed to the public from 2.30pm on Friday 1st April, and throughout the day on Saturday 2nd April. It will re-open to the public on Monday 4th April.
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From March 22 until 5p.m. of March 29, the Cross-departmental Working Team sealed two more premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally. One overstayer and one illegal immigrant were found on site. Since the law on "Prohibition of Providing Illegal Accommodation" took effect on August 13 2010, the Cross-departmental Working Team has closed a total of 118 premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally and no sealed premise is authorized to reopen. Staff of Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) continues to check the premises to ensure they remain sealed and supply of water and electricity suspended. MGTO stressed that damaging the seal and resuming supply of water and electricity is a criminal offence which will be submitted to judicial entity for follow up. Since the Cross-departmental Working Team started operations, 1,330 premise-checks were conducted, involving 874 premises, of which 118 premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally were sealed, while 139 were normal residences, 251 were dormitories for labor and vacant or commercial units. MGTO and the Public Security Police Force (PSP) will continue investigation on the rest of the premises. Meanwhile, PSP will immediately inform MGTO when premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally are found while on duty, and MGTO has taken statements regarding 20 premises. Inspections conducted by the Cross-departmental Working Team involved investigations to a total of 540 occupants of premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally, including 30 overstayers and 25 illegal immigrants, whose cases are being follow up by police authorities. On the other hand, 21 operators, 14 touts, 20 persons who managed the premises that provide accommodation illegally (management staff) and 11 occupants who failed to fulfill their duty of cooperation were seized on site. MGTO has waged a total of 118 sanctions and nine operators who provided accommodation illegally were fined 200 000 patacas each according to the law on "Prohibition of Providing Illegal Accommodation". Other cases are in different stages of sanction proceedings. If the fines are not paid within the statutory period, the Financial Services Bureau will enforce the collection of fine. Meanwhile, the 11 occupants who failed to fulfill their duty of cooperation were fined 3 000 patacas each, among which four have paid the fine. For those who fail to pay the fine within the statutory period, MGTO has notified the Financial Services Bureau to enforce the collection of fine and informed PSP to deny reentry of the involved persons into Macau if they are non-residents.
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The Macao Meteorological Bureau has not been monitoring specific individual radioactive substances, only monitoring of total ambient radiation has been carried out at the moment. Up till now, the ambient radiation level in Macao is still normal. According to the monitoring data of Gamma Radiation recorded for the past 24 hours (28th March 16:01 till 29th 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 0.1309μGy/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 the radiation level in 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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