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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the “Fado Nights” concerts will be held on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 24 March, from 7pm to 8pm, at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, featuring a total of 12 traditional fado performances. Tickets will be on sale through the Macau Ticketing Network, as well as Damai (Mainland China) and Cityline (Hong Kong) platform from 1 February.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, tabled three opinions during the 7th meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, held on Tuesday (30 January) at the Cooperation Zone site within Zhuhai.
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The University of Macau (UM) will launch the Master of Arts (MA) in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programme in the 2024/2025 academic year. The programme aims to provide advanced training and learning opportunities for both pre-service and in-service English teachers in Macao, the Greater Bay Area, and beyond. Applications for the programme are now open. Individuals interested in English teaching are welcome to apply.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 251,867 as at end-December 2023, up by 0.9% year-on-year; light automobiles (116,282) and heavy motorcycles (109,369) rose by 1.9% and 1.2% respectively. For the whole year of 2023, new registration of motor vehicles grew by 12.9% year-on-year to 11,974 (including 3,086 electric vehicles), of which light automobiles increased by 36.2% to 5,507 (1,343 of them were electric) while heavy motorcycles dropped by 2.8% to 5,508 (1,045 of them were electric). New registration of motor vehicles in December fell by 9.6% year-on-year to 1,107 (407 were electric vehicles). In 2023, number of traffic accidents climbed by 21.4% year-on-year to 13,563, with 8 persons killed and 4,729 persons injured. In December, there were 1,239 traffic accidents, which resulted in 1 death and 464 injuries.
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The Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) of the University of Macau (UM) held the first alumni gala dinner. The event aimed to strengthen the ties between the university and its alumni, promote alumni’s sense of belonging to their alma mater, and provide a platform for alumni to engage in exchanges and give back to the university. The event attracted the participation of many alumni who hold important positions in different sectors and fields.
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With the great support of the General Administration of Customs of People's Republic of China, the first batch of “fresh chickens”, which is offered for sale on the day of slaughter, will be supplied to Macao on 2 February. In order for “fresh chickens” to arrive in the Macao market within one and a half hours after leaving the factories, Guangdong Province and Macao coordinate for rapid border-crossing and priority inspection and quarantine procedures. To make it easier for consumers to identify the products, the “fresh chickens” supplied to Macao must have rings showing the date of slaughter. Product information, the date and time of slaughter, etc. must also be printed on the outer packaging. The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has already developed the “Hygienic Guidelines on Retail Sale of Fresh Chickens”, in addition to holding briefings with the sector to explain the food hygiene requirements for all stages of transport, storage, display and sale of “fresh chickens”.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) stated that since 1 March 2023, residents’ original place of habitual residence is in Macao and have gone to Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (hereinafter referred to as the "In-Depth Cooperation Zone") to study, work, start a business, live, etc., their time in the In-Depth Cooperation Zone can be deemed as the time in Macao according to regulations. When residents need to apply for enrollment in the Arbitrary System, or claim their right to be included in the government allocation list for the Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund, they can make a request to the FSS to recalculate their time in Macao. ​
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The 2024 Sands China Macao International 10K, organized by the Sports Bureau, Sands China Ltd. and the General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM), will take place on 17 March. Registration will be open from 9:00 a.m. on 3 February (Saturday) for the 10K, and from 9:00 a.m. on 4 February (Sunday) for the Fun Run. Places available for this year’s event include 7,000 for the 10K and 3,000 for the Fun Run. Places are limited for each category and registration will be closed when all places are filled.
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The opening ceremony of the exhibition titled ‘With The Sunshine, Across The Sea: From French Impressionism to Landscape Paintings of Macao’ will be held on Friday 2 February at 4:00pm in the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Museum of Art of the University of Macau (UM). The exhibition will feature works by masters such as Théodore Géricault, Claude Monet, and Gustave Courbet. A talk titled ‘Scenery Under the Visions of West and East’ will also be held on the same day. Interested individuals are welcome to attend.
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