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The University of Macau (UM) recently held a plaque unveiling ceremony for the Centre for Linguistics. The establishment of the centre marks the university’s efforts to promote research studies across different language disciplines and its contributions to the development of linguistics in Macao. After the ceremony, representatives of UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) and the Macao Linguistics Society signed a collaboration agreement on the publication of the Macao Journal of Linguistics.
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Starting from 1 April to 30 November, Estoril swimming pool managed by Sports Bureau (ID) will be open to the public in three sessions: 07:00-11:00, 12:00-16:00 and 17:00-22:30. The pool will be temporarily closed for routine pool cleaning during the first period every Wednesday (on the occasion that Wednesday is a public holiday, the pool will remain opened and the cleaning will be postponed to the first session next following day).
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An online inauguration ceremony was recently held for the new cohorts of UM Reporters and PR Student Ambassadors (PRSA) of the University of Macau (UM). During the ceremony, certificates were presented to the Top Ten UM Reporters and the Top Ten PR Student Ambassadors. In his speech, UM Vice Rector (Student Affairs) Mok Kai Meng encouraged the students to make the most of every opportunity at UM to reach their full potential.
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Epidemic-prevention measures for inbound travellers of different identities
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April is a contribution month of the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao). In this month, employers are required to pay obligatory system contributions for their local long-term employees for the first quarter of 2022. If a non-resident worker is hired, the employer is required to pay the employment fee as well. In addition, arbitrary system beneficiaries may also pay their contributions in April. Since April, the FSS has newly added three cooperative banks, calling on employers and arbitrary system beneficiaries to make their payments through electronic payment channels as much as possible.
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Zhuhai lifted its sealed, controlled and prevention areas of Zhuhai Nanping on 31^st March, 2022 at 6 a.m., and after hearing opinions from the health department, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) announces that students and teaching staff of local tertiary and non-tertiary education institutions who live in the above areas may, after conducting nucleic acid testing today (March 31) and achieving negative results, resume face-to-face classes since April 1 (Friday).
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The MSAR Government schedules to launch the “Wealth Partaking Scheme 2022” in 1^st of April till 13^th of May through either mailing cheque or bank transfer, for which 697,000 local permanent residents and 42,000 non-permanent residents are entitled to receive 10,000 patacas and 6,000 patacas respectively.
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Goods directly imported to Macao by air, as well as baggage of passengers on flights, undergo multiple strict disinfection steps upon arrival at Macau International Airport, in line with the COVID-19 risk level at their place of origin. This is in order to minimise the risk of importing COVID-19 to the city.
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Students from the University of Macau (UM) recently won six prizes in the ‘Challenge Cup’ national inter-varsity competition for extracurricular academic technological projects. The prizes include one first prize, two second prizes, and three third prizes, and the first prize was awarded to a team formed by UM students from the Faculty of Science and Technology for their project of intelligent inspection and maintenance robots for corridor tunnels based on low-light enhancement algorithms. UM is once again the only university from Macao to have won a first prize in this competition.
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