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The SAR Government has recently announced to build a citizens’ sports park composed of a multi-faceted sports complex at the former Yat Yuen Canidrome and Lin Fong Sports Centre, as well as to realise phase-by-phase the plan of building a youth adventure camp in Hac Sa. Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) Chairperson of the Board of Directors Peter Lam Kam Seng supports and agrees with such plans, believing that such facilities have a positive significance in promoting mass sports, improving youth training and activity venues, as well as continuing to enhance residents’ living environment.
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The iconic annual event of Macao in the international sports scene, the 70^th Macau Grand Prix, is scheduled for 11-12 November and 16-19 November. The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) held a press conference at the Convention Hall of Macao Science Center today (19 July) to announce the race schedule, sponsors and crossover projects.
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The University of Macau (UM) has offered a series of summer programmes and training courses this year. They cover a wide range of fields, such as integrated circuits, smart cities, biomedical science and health sciences, artificial intelligence and big data, cyberspace security, economics and management, and languages. The target participants are undergraduates who wish to pursue master’s or doctoral programmes, outstanding university students, language learners, as well as students and faculty members of higher education institutions. The summer programmes and training courses aim to deepen participants’ understanding of the disciplines concerned, broaden their horizons, and enhance their competitiveness.
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The Choi Kai Yau College (CKYC) of the University of Macau (UM), Zhejiang University (ZJU) International Campus Residential College, and the Lap-Chee College of the University of Hong Kong jointly launched a two-week exchange programme. The exchange programme enabled students and faculty members from the three universities to carry out mutual visits. It aimed to enhance the participants’ knowledge of Chinese history and culture and promote understanding and exchange between young people in the three places.
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Adhering to the development direction of further internationalisation and professionalism of Macao MICE industry, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has always widely explored international MICE projects to attract more overseas visitors to Macao and nurture the new develop pattern “industry+MICE”. In July, the MICE events held in Macao welcomed more than 10,000 trade visitors, among which about 3,000 of them were overseas trade visitors coming from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. In the first half of 2023, IPIM has brought upwards of 20,000 visitors into various communities in Macao for sightseeing and consumption, well leveraging the “multiplier effect” to benefit different industries involved.
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The delegation of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) of Macao recently attended the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Sanitary Inspection, Animal and Plant Inspection and Food Safety Control Conference 2023” in Shenzhen. During the conference, representatives from the three regions had in-depth exchanges and sharing of experiences in the above-mentioned professional fields, and established cooperative liaison mechanisms to further enhance existing exchanges and cooperation.
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As a member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) coordinates the AML/CFT Working Group to participate in the Annual Meeting of APG as Macao, China delegation every year. For this year, the Annual Meeting was held from 9 to 14 July 2023 in Canada.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,209,662 in June 2023, representing an upsurge of 480.5% year-on-year but a slight drop of 0.2% month-on-month. Overnight visitors (1,163,784) and same-day visitors (1,045,878) soared by 543.7% and 423.3% year-on-year respectively. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.2 day year-on-year to 1.3 days; the duration for same-day visitors (0.2 day) rose by 0.1 day whereas that for overnight visitors (2.2 days) remained unchanged.
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The Statue of Our Lady and the Plaques of Stations of the Cross located in Rotunda de Seac Pai Van in Coloane were damaged to a certain extent due to the passage of typhoons in the early years. Therefore, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has planned to carry out restoration works and has constantly maintained close communication with the Catholic Diocese of Macau about the restoration plan. The works concerned will be carried out by contractor with experiences and technique in restoration of statues.
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