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To promote the orderly recovery of MICE activities in Macao under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) recently held several work meetings with representatives of five MICE industry associations, both online and offline.
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In order to better supervise practitioners in food and beverage establishments and beverage establishments on fulfilling their epidemic prevention obligations and undergoing regular nucleic acid tests as required by the Health Bureau, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has launched the “Target Worker Populations Information Collection System for Nucleic Acid Test of Novel Coronavirus” to help employers collect and provide information of their employees. IAM held a briefing session on 11 August for a number of food and beverage business chambers and associations gathered through the Macao Chamber of Commerce, explaining to the attending business representatives how to use the system, as well as the precautions that food and beverage establishments and beverage establishments are required to cooperate with during screening. Mobile phone SMS messages had also been sent to the persons in charge of the establishments earlier to notify them of relevant epidemic prevention arrangements.
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The 2022 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2022MIECF), which is organised by the Macao SAR Government and originally scheduled for 18-20 August, is postponed to 9-11 December due to the need for epidemic prevention and control as well as event preparation.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held the 2022 “Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme” (“QTSAS” or the “Scheme”) Online Assessment Seminar for the Food and Beverage Sector today (12 August), to brief accredited merchants on the assessment criteria and logistics during the supervision period.
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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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In order to ensure a smooth opening of the new academic year for teachers and students of tertiary education institutions and non-tertiary education schools, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) has consulted professional advices from the Health Bureau and has communicated with the education sector that, if the epidemic continues to mitigate, subject to strict compliance with relevant epidemic prevention measures, tertiary education institutions and non-tertiary education schools can start school according to their plans in late August and early September respectively.
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The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Graduation Ceremony for academic year 2021/2022 was held at 4:00 p.m. on August 11^th 2022, during which 800 students graduated from postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. Due to another round of the outbreak of COVID-19, the graduation ceremony was held online. Ms. Ao Ieong U, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, officiated and delivered a speech expressing her best wishes to all the graduates on behalf of the Macao SAR Government.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 923 new companies were incorporated in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 518 year-on-year. Number of new companies operating in Wholesale & Retail Trade (346) and Business Services (237) went down by 121 and 151 respectively. Meanwhile, total value of registered capital of the new companies rose by 39.2% year-on-year to MOP322 million, attributable to the incorporation of new companies with relatively large capital in Business Services and Financial Activities during the quarter. Companies in dissolution totalled 171 in the second quarter, and the value of registered capital of these companies amounted to MOP27 million.
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Some members of the public reported that the Macao Health Code app could not be opened on some Android devices, and some had experienced app crashing after update. According to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, this is due to some compatibility issues between the updated Android system and the Macao Health Code app. The Centre has immediately looked into the cause and revised the app accordingly.
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