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The Judiciary Police (PJ) has recently uncovered a scam where swindlers randomly send promotional SMS messages to residents, alleging they are senior analysts from some investment firms. They claim they have an investment plan with returns several times the initial amount and attach a link in the SMS for victims to contact them.
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M&C Asia, a prestigious MICE magazine in Asia, has honoured Macao with the “M&C Asia Stella Awards - Best Convention City (Asia)”.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today (16 August) that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP217.4 billion (USD27.07 billion) at the end of July 2023. The reserves increased by 0.8% from the revised value of MOP215.7 billion (USD26.72 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-July 2023 represented 11 times the currency in circulation or 87.8% of pataca M2 at end-June 2023.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) surged by 354.6% year-on-year to MOP17.48 billion in the second quarter of 2023. Total spending of overnight visitors (MOP14.58 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP2.90 billion) soared by 415.0% and 186.2% year-on-year respectively. In the first half of 2023, total spending of visitors amounted to MOP32.46 billion, an uplift of 210.9% year-on-year.
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In celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Haojiang Moonlight Night – Dance Drama “The Eternal Wave” by Shanghai Dance Theatre will be held on 22 and 23 September, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Tickets will be on sale from 19 August (Saturday) through the Macau Ticketing Network. The dance drama is the selected programme of the National Art Troupes Performance Season in Macao, and is organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, co-organized by the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, and coordinated by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism.
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To actively respond to the society and meet the actual needs of industries and enterprises, the Centre for Continuing Education of Macau Polytechnic University has offered nearly 40 diversified and practice-oriented professional training courses in the first half of 2023.
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The University of Macau (UM) today (15 August) held the Convocation and First Lecture of University of the 2023/2024 academic year, welcoming 4,400 new students. UM Rector Yonghua Song expressed hope that the new students will embark on their new journey with optimism and confidence, be diligent in their thoughts, be courageous and innovative, and become globally competitive talent who make contributions to the country and Macao.
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The 41^st Macao Young Musicians Competition, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), was successfully concluded. The Special Prizes Competition and awards ceremony was held on 13 August at the Grand Hall of Inspiration Building of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies. On the occasion, three Special Prizes were presented by the Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Cheang Kai Meng, and the Chief Executive of the Bank of China (Macau) - special supporting entity of the event, Chan Hio Peng.
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The 2023 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2023MIECF) has invited Professor Lan Hong, Deputy Director of the Eco-finance Research Centre of the Renmin University of China, Deputy Director of the Green Finance Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Green Finance Professional Committee of the China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, to deliver a keynote speech on “Deepen Co-operation on Green Finance, Work Together to Achieve Carbon Neutrality” on its opening ceremony on the first day of the event (17 August).
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The 2023 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2023MIECF) will be held from 17 to 20 August at Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao under the theme of “Building an Ecological Civilisation Through Innovative Initiatives”. It will continue to function as a professional exhibition dedicated to “carbon neutrality”, bring exhibitors and traders at home and abroad together to create green business opportunities, and build up a platform for green exchanges.
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