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UM students honoured with award at international competition on genetic engineering
A team of undergraduate students from the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Macau (UM) participated in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition 2023 held in Paris. The UM team competed with teams from the world’s top universities and won a silver medal for their research on alleviating the symptoms of coeliac disease. This marks the fifth consecutive year that UM has received an award in the iGEM competition, an international competition on synthetic biology.
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MPU Organises Hospitality and Tourism Education Symposium – Synergetic Effect of Education+Culture Tourism
In order to engender the destination branding of Macau as a world tourism leisure center, to promote Macao as a cultural exchange base in which Chinese culture is the focal point while other cultures co-exist, as well as to activate the synergetic effect induced by the combination of education and cultural tourism, an international symposium entitled, “Hospitality and Tourism Education Symposium: Forward Looking into Hospitality and Tourism Education - Prospects and Challenges” was organized by the Macao Polytechnic University. It was co-organized by the Cultural Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, and supported by the Macao Government Tourism Office and the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. The symposium took place from November 23 to 24 at the Macau Polytechnic University; scholars and experts from around the world in the fields of sports, leisure, cultural tourism, and education attended the symposium to explore the future development of cultural tourism and tourism education.
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MICE statistics for the 3rd quarter of 2023
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of MICE events leapt by 231.1% (or 171) year-on-year to 245 in the third quarter of 2023. The number of participants & attendees surged by 59.9% year-on-year to 545,000.
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Macao's composite interest rates – 3rd Quarter 2023
According to statistics released today (27 November) by the Monetary Authority of Macao, funding costs of the banking sector in Macao generally increased in the third quarter of 2023.
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Beware of phishing SMS from Macao One Account Safeguard your personal and credit card information
The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Social Security Fund (FSS) indicating that some individuals have been sending out phishing SMS in the name of SSF. These messages claimed that residents would have to update their personal information by clicking on the link provided in the text or risk not getting their social benefits.
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“Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Application Training Program (2023)” was successfully held
Organized by the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT), collaborated with the Macao Productivity and Technology Transfer Center, Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau S.A.R.L. (CTM), China Telecom (Macao) Company Limited, Hutchison Telephone (Macao) Company Limited and Smartone – Mobile Communications (Macao), Limited, the “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Application Training Program (2023)” was successfully held on 25th November this year, with about 40 participants.
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IFTM introduces two additional undergraduate programmes in Chinese medium
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) will launch two undergraduate programmes using Chinese language as the medium of instruction in the academic year 2024/2025. The new programmes will be in effect after being published in MSAR Gazette.
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