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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 246,854 as at end-April 2022, up by 1.0% year-on-year; light automobiles (113,015) and heavy motorcycles (106,121) increased by 1.2% and 2.6% respectively. New registration of motor vehicles in April dropped by 12.9% year-on-year to 846 (160 of them were electric vehicles), with that of light automobiles falling by 30.4% to 321 (86 of them were electric). In the first four months of 2022, new registration of motor vehicles went down by 14.1% year-on-year to 3,844. Number of traffic accidents in April decreased by 9.8% year-on-year to 922, with 3 persons killed and 362 persons injured. From January to April 2022, there were 3,909 traffic accidents, which resulted in 4 deaths and 1,363 injuries.
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The Residence Application and Legal Affairs Department of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will relocate from World Trade Centre, 918, Avenida da Amizade to Room A, 3/F, The Carat, 29, Avenida do Governador Jaime Silvério Marques on 6th June 2022. From that date onwards, please proceed to the afore-mentioned address for temporary residency application or related matters. The opening hours, telephone number, fax number and email address of the department will remain unchanged.
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The University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) recently held the Dean’s Final Year Project List Presentation Ceremony and Project Exhibition 2022, where 25 projects of this year’s FST graduates were exhibited. The event attracted many industry practitioners, management team members of enterprises, government officials, professors, and students. The exhibition aimed to create an exchange platform between the academia and the industry, so as to promote industry-academia collaboration and the commercialisation of research results.
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Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) visited the Macau Federationof Trade Unions (FAOM) and Macau New Chinese Youth Association (MNCYA) to give a presentation on the redevelopment plan of Iao Hon Estate and the development of the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) project in Hengqin.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held the Light up Macao Drone Gala 2022 in early May alongside an array of fringe activities. The deadline for entry submission, originally on 31 May, is now extended to 30 June for the “Macao for All Seasons” Photography Contest and “Drone Sky Art” Formation Design Contest. Residents and visitors are much welcome to submit entries for the above contests.
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The paper “Promoting enteral tube feeding safety and performance in preterm infants: A systematic review”, written by Lin Tian, a PhD student at the Macao Polytechnic University, in collaboration with experts from the United States and mainland China, proposes two clinical measures to effectively enhance the safety and efficacy of tube feeding for preterm infants, and was published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies, which is the top international academic journal in “Nursing”. With a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 5.837, the journal ranks first amongst more than 100 leading journals in the field of JCR nursing. It is also the top JCR Q1 journal in the category “Nursing” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and is also indexed by world-renowned databases such as SSCI, SCIE and Scopus.
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[Infographics] SAR Government Promotes and Implements E-governance – Non-resident Worker
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre expressed that in response to the rising demand of returnees from Hong Kong, Sheraton Grand Macao will be enlisted as one of the general optional medical observation hotels for individuals from the Hong Kong SAR starting from 2 June. The hotel will accept reservation starting from 12:00 noon tomorrow (31 May). To ensure accuracy of reservation information received, the hotel will not provide phone booking service. The quarantine price is set in accord with the hotel’s room rate standard. For more information about medical observation hotels, please refer to: https://content.macaotourism.gov.mo/uploads/mgto_main/medical_observation_hotels_en.pdf
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the closing concert “Liza Wang and The Macao Chinese Orchestra”, integrated in the 32^nd Macao Arts Festival, will be held on 1 and 2 June, at The Venetian Theatre. The organiser held a press meeting today (30 May) in the Meeting Room of The Venetian Macao. Renowned artist Liza Wang and the Head of the Department of Performing Arts Development of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Cheang Kai Meng, met with the local media to share their thoughts on the concert and introduce the highlights of the programme.
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The recipients of the 14^th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize were announced today (30 May), the sixth National Science and Technology Practitioners’ Day, at the 16^th General Meeting of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). The prize is regarded as the ‘highest award in the field of engineering in China’. University of Macau (UM) Rector Yonghua Song made the list for his outstanding contributions to the field of power system operation and control. He is the only scholar of science and technology from Macao to receive the award this year.
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