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UM’s machine translation research presented at top conference
Wong Fai, professor in the Natural Language Processing & Portuguese-Chinese Machine Translation Laboratory (NLP2CT) at the University of Macau (UM) and his team presented several papers at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2023) and attracted considerable attention. UM’s advancements in related fields will promote technological cooperation between Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries and help Macao play its role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
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Residential property price index for April – June 2023
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for April - June 2023 increased by 0.1% over the previous period (March - May 2023) to 251.7. The index for Taipa & Coloane (259.0) rose by 0.3% while that for the Macao Peninsula (249.8) stayed flat over the previous period.
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UM’s FST Summer Camp broadens secondary school students’ research horizons
The Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau (UM) recently held the FST Summer Camp. It featured nine technology-related themes and attracted 240 students from 30 secondary schools in Macao. The summer camp was rich in content and enabled local secondary school students to learn about advanced research fields and broaden their horizons through a combination of lectures and hands-on experiences.
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Distribution work of Wealth Partaking Scheme 2023 finished
The distribution work of 2023 Wealth Partaking Scheme had started on 4 July this year and finished on 4 August. In the course of implementation individual permanent resident and no-permanent resident received 10,000 patacas and 6,000 patacas respectively. Around 548 thousand beneficiaries had received the cash premium by means of bank transfer, accounting for about MOP 5.38 billion, while 188 thousand crossed cheques had been mailed, which summed up to around MOP 1.85 billion.
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Payment card and mobile payment statistics – 2nd Quarter 2023
According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the number and the value of transactions of local mobile payment tools witnessed annual increases in the second quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, the total numbers of personal credit cards and debit cards issued by banks in Macao both increased from a year ago. The credit card turnover rose whereas the debit card turnover dropped.
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【Enhance hospitable services】 MGTO holds QTSAS Mid-phase Review Briefing Seminar for the Food and Beverage Sector and Travel Agency Sector
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held the “Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme” (“QTSAS” or the “Scheme”) Mid-phase Review Briefing Seminar for the Food and Beverage Sector and Travel Agency Sector days ago (3 August), to offer participating merchants a review of the inspections and assessments conducted for the first stage. In line with the Macao Courtesy Campaign, the seminar featured a special session to brief industry participants on the practice of courtesy and quality services to advocate the spirit of hospitality towards visitors.
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Delegation from the Administrative Committee of the Science and Technology Development Fund Visits MPU to Promote Innovative Research Cooperation
To strengthen the promotion of collaborative development in innovative scientific and technological research, the delegation led by Cheang Kun Wai, the Acting President of the Administrative Committee of the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), visited Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) on July 27 and was warmly received by MPU Rector Im Sio Kei. The two sides held friendly discussions on talent cultivation, technology innovation, and industry-university-research matching projects.
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