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[Introducing “Tan Pu Hui” Elements] 2023MIECF Realising Carbon Neutrality to Be Held from 17 to 20 August in Macao
Hosted by the Macao SAR Government, the 2023 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2023MIECF) will be held at Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao from 17 to 20 August (Thursday to Sunday), under the theme of “Building an Ecological Civilisation Through Innovative Initiatives”.
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[Eyeing Southeast Asian and Other International Markets] MIECF Helps Enterprises Explore Green Business Opportunities for Sustainable Development of International Environmental Industry
The Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF) has always actively promoted co-operation in and sustainable development of the international environmental industry. Some enterprises have established co-operation on various environmental projects in different countries and regions through MIECF, and some are planning to participate in the 2023MIECF, eyeing Southeast Asian and other international markets to explore greater green business opportunities.
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Grace period for the exchange of the Tiger and Rabbit Zodiac banknotes and the XXIV Olympic Winter Games banknotes
As scheduled, the exchange period for the Tiger and Rabbit Zodiac banknotes and the previously issued XXIV Olympic Winter Games banknotes will end on 11 August 2023 (Friday). For the convenience of those registrants who have not yet conducted the note exchange, a grace period will be granted between 14 August 2023 and 18 August 2023 to allow for the exchange of their subscribed notes at their previously selected bank.
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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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