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The Consumer Council conducted a price survey on supermarket prices today (23 Nov), covering 103 supermarket in various areas of Macao. Consumers may use the “Macao Price Information Platform” (hereafter called “Platform”) to check the lowest price of 400 items quickly and conveniently.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured Sun Mei, professor of the Department of Chinese Literature at Taiwan Central University, who delivered a lecture titled ‘On Cross-gender Performance’ on the internet. Involving both virtual and in-person elements, the event attracted nearly 200 participants, including faculty members and students of UM.
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Organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and in partnership with local enterprises, the event “Light up Macao 2022” will illuminate eight districts across Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane with a kaleidoscope of light arts under the theme of “Dazzling Winter” from 3 December 2022 to 1 January 2023. The event weaves together Macao’s diverse gems of cultural tourism, public art and innovative technology to light up Macao through integration of “tourism +”. It will not just radiate the glamour of Macao as a safe and wonderful destination but also stimulate the tourism economy.
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Epidemic-prevention measures for inbound travellers of different identities
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the Tap Siac Craft Market in autumn will continue to be held from 24 to 27 November (Thursday to Sunday) at Tap Siac Square, featuring a new and vast array of cultural and creative brands. The public is welcome to visit and enjoy the creative atmosphere while shopping for cultural and creative products.
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Wang Gang, a PhD student in the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering (IAPME), University of Macau (UM), has discovered an abnormal nonlinear optics conversion in quasi-2D perovskite materials, which is a breakthrough in understanding the nonlinear optical absorption of low-dimensional semiconductors and will pave the way for the development of novel nonlinear optical devices such as all-optical switches and pulsed laser. The research results have been published in the internationally-renowned journal Nature Communications
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The Consumer Council continues to conduct price survey on various kinds of products to enhance price transparency and survey result reveals price differences in different retail outlets. Consumers are suggested to use the data published by the Council for price comparison.
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First Live Event of Pavilion of China-PSCs Platform Recorded 18,000 Views on the First Day of Opening
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of Financial Activities for the third quarter of 2022. The Survey covers the Banking Sector, Other Financial Intermediation, Insurance Activities, and Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation, including financial institutions supervised by the Monetary Authority of Macao, but excluding insurance agents and brokers not directly employed by insurance companies.
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