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Due to System Maintenance, FSS’s Electronic Services to be Suspended for This Weekend
The Social Security Fund will perform system upgrade and maintenance from 6:30 p.m. on Friday (10 March) to 6:00 a.m. on next Monday (13 March). Please note that, during this period, the Social Security Fund’s online services, the “Macao One Account”, and related programs on self-service machines will be temporarily suspended.
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Dedication to diversifying source markets – MGTO arranged for Thailand KOLs to visit Macao as the first international delegation of travel media after the pandemic
As airlines successively resume international flights to Macao including routes from Thailand, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) welcomed the first post-pandemic international familiarization group comprising Thailand influencers and media to Macao a few days ago. A travel trade delegation from Thailand will follow in mid-March for inspection and business networking in Macao. By arranging for delegation visits from different sectors in Thailand, the Office works hard to ignite Thailanders’ interest in Macao as a preferred destination, to diversify visitor source markets for tourism and economic revival.
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Residential property price index for November 2022 – January 2023
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for November 2022 - January 2023 decreased by 0.8% over the previous period (October - December 2022) to 245.2. The index for the Macao Peninsula (243.9) dropped by 1.3% while that for Taipa & Coloane (250.4) rose by 1.1%.
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Book collection for the “Book Exchange” activity starts from today
In conjunction with the “City of Reading Series of Activities – Macao Library Week 2023”, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) launches the book collection for the “Book Exchange” activity from today until 9 April (Sunday), in order to promote reading habits as well as to encourage residents who love reading to meet friends through books and share their resources. The book collection for the activity starts from 2pm to 8pm on Monday, and from 8am to 8pm from Tuesday to Sunday, excluding on public holidays. All are welcome to participate.
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DSCC launches the latest version of “Macau GeoGuide” App Light rapid transit (LRT) route planning function and satellite image data are added
The Cartography and Cadastre Bureau launches the latest version 2.6 of "Macau GeoGuide" App to tie in with the city development of Macao. In this version, on the basis of the original network of bus, walking and driving route, the light rapid transit (LRT) route is added to the route planning which further optimizing the function of travel routes planning. And satellite image is also added to enrich the user experience of map browsing.
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UM rector gives speech on carbon neutrality in smart city development at World Engineering Day forum
Yonghua Song, a member of the Standing Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology and rector of the University of Macau (UM), recently gave a keynote speech titled ‘Building Carbon-neutral Energy Systems for Sustainable Smart Cities through International/Institutional Cooperation’ at an international forum with the theme ‘Engineering the Cities of the Future’ in Spain. In the speech, he used Macao as an example to discuss the characteristics and development trends of urban energy consumption and carbon emission structure.
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Commissioner Against Corruption Chan Tsz King led delegation to visit Office of the Ombudsman of Hong Kong
The Commissioner Against Corruption, Chan Tsz King, has led a delegation to visit Hong Kong again. They visited the Office of the Ombudsman of Hong Kong and met with the Ombudsman, Chiu Wai-yin.
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QTSAS calls for applications from catering businesses and travel agencies from 16 March
The Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme (“QTSAS” or “the Scheme”) calls for applications from the catering and travel agency sectors from 16 to 31 March. Businesses can log in and submit applications on Macao Tourism Industry Net.
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Academic work of Macao Polytechnic University published in top bioinformatics journal
The paper entitled "Predicting molecular properties based on the interpretable graph neural network with multistep focus mechanism" has been published by the top international bioinformatics journal, Briefings in Bioinformatics 2023, 24(1), 1-9, bbac534. The work the paper is based on was led by Professor Liu Huanxiang, Academic Leader, Centre for Artificial Intelligence Driven Drug Discovery, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, with Ms. Tian Yanan, a first-year doctoral student at Macao Polytechnic University, as the first author. The journal is No. 1 in the field of Mathematical and Computational Biology, with an impact factor of 13.994.
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Commemorative postmark cancellation service of “World Forest Day”
To celebrate the World Forest Day, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Senado Square, from 10:00 to 17:00 on 21st March 2023 to provide commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Forest Day”.
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