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The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China announced on 8 April that samples of the outer packaging of frozen meat products imported from Brazilian enterprises with registration numbers 4507 and 1751 tested positive in novel coronavirus nucleic acid tests. In view of this, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) immediately launched the contingency plan. Measures such as source tracing, investigation, re-tests, etc. of the products of the involved enterprises have been adopted. Local businesses have been requested to immediately seal the products sourced from the involved enterprises, and samples have been collected for re-tests. No abnormalities have been found. Meanwhile, IAM has immediately suspended the import applications of the products of the involved enterprises.
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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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As the Macao SAR’s Law No. 8/2021 on the Operation of Hotel Establishments came into effect in 2022, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) made ensuing adjustments to the rules of enforcement and award mechanism of the “Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme” (“QTSAS” or the “Scheme”) for the catering sector. The application manual and assessment criteria were amended accordingly.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for December 2021 - February 2022 decreased by 0.5% over the previous period (November 2021 - January 2022) to 263.4. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (263.3) and Taipa & Coloane (263.6) dropped by 0.3% and 1.4% respectively.
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Fitch Ratings announces today that it maintains Macao SAR’s credit ratings (long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings) at “AA” with a “stable” outlook.
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The 32^nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF), organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held from 29 April to 2 June. Since the first day of ticket sales, tickets for a number of programmes have been highly sought after. Considering the public’s overwhelming response, additional performances will be offered for the local performances. Tickets for the additional performances will be on sale simultaneously through the Macau Ticketing Network outlets, telephone and online booking from 10am on 9 April (Saturday). An early bird discount of 30%, subject to certain criteria, are available until 10 April (Sunday) and the public should take this opportunity to buy tickets as soon as possible.
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The Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the University of Macau (UM) and the Faculty of Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently jointly held the 2021/2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest (Asia Macau Regional Contest). The event attracted nearly 500 faculty members and students from more than 100 well-known universities around the world, who joined the competition either online or in-person to compete with each other using their programming skills.
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The Macao Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is cancelling the tour of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a string of shows produced by a Shanghainese company originally scheduled for 14 through 17 April at the Small Auditorium. The cancellation happens due to the epidemic prevention measures put in place in China. Refunds are available through 17 May at CCM’s Box Office and Macao Ticketing Network counters. In the meantime, CCM is actively engaged in settling a new date to stage this exciting performance.
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The new executive director of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Vong Sin Man assumed office today (6 April).
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