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New features of “My Library” mobile application include online payment, account application and multi-account management
The Macao Public Library of the Cultural Affairs Bureau has optimised the mobile application “My library” by adding functions which include online payment, library card application and renewal, and multi-account management. By providing intelligent library services and software facilities in response to the SAR Government’s electronic service initiative, the Library hopes to facilitate residents in handling relevant procedures without visiting the Library in person, thereby bolstering an ambience of city-wide reading.
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Cultural Affairs Bureau organises the initiative “Craft Market in the Greater Bay Area” in Guangzhou for two consecutive weeks to promote Macao’s cultural and creative brands
In order to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the cultural and creative industries sector in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) holds the activity “Craft Market in the Greater Bay Area” and organises the participation of local cultural and creative entities in the Guangzhou Zili Market from 3 to 5 March and 10 to 12 March, promoting Macao’s cultural and creative products.
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UM, ZJU offer ‘2+4’dual degree programme to nurture professionals in clinical medicine
Over the years, the University of Macau (UM) has launched various dual degree programmes with well-known universities in China and overseas to cultivate outstanding students. Among them, the ‘2+4’ bachelor’s degree programme in biomedical sciences and clinical medicine jointly offered by UM and Zhejiang University (ZJU) allows students with a passion in medicine to enroll in the clinical medicine programme at ZJU’s School of Medicine. Graduates of this joint programme will receive a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences from UM and a bachelor’s degree in clinical medicine from ZJU.
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Gross domestic product for the 4th quarter and the whole year of 2022
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 23.4% year-on-year in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2022. External demand remained sluggish. Owing to a 31.5% fall in the number of visitor arrivals, exports of services dropped by 27.1% year-on-year, of which exports of gaming services and exports of other tourism services declined by 46.6% and 30.5% respectively. In addition, exports of goods decreased by 14.1%. As regards domestic demand, gross fixed capital formation and private consumption expenditure went down by 13.9% and 10.5% year-on-year respectively, while government final consumption expenditure grew by 1.9%.
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CE to attend National People’s Congress opening in Beijing
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, will visit Beijing from Saturday to Monday (4 to 6 March), and will attend on Sunday (5 March) the opening of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress.
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CE meets HKSAR CE in Macao to promote cooperation
The two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) have agreed that cooperation between Hong Kong and Macao will usher a brighter future, as the haze of the pandemic dissipates.
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IPIM Joins Hands with Enterprises to Visit Zhongshan and Foshan to Promote Industry + MICE Cross-border Linkage
Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) organised a Macao MICE Industry Business Delegation to the Greater Bay Area (Zhongshan and Foshan) from 27 to 28 February, with a delegation of more than 40 representatives from the MICE, industrial and commercial sectors as well as large integrated tourism and leisure enterprises from Macao to visit enterprises and research institutions in the big health industry, technology and innovation sector in Zhongshan and Foshan. They exchanged views with Member of the CPC Standing Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department of Zhongshan Liu Meixin, Deputy Mayor of Zhongshan Zhou Zuode, and Deputy Director of the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce He Manchu. Two business matching sessions were also organised.
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