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The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) was invited by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM) to support the 4th Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries with a series of wine tasting events and workshops catering to tourists and citizens. Five introductory sessions were held on 29 October at the Taipa Houses during the Lusofonia Festival with around 60 participants learning the fundamental wine tasting skills and Portuguese wine culture.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the “Flu; ID - Exhibition of Artworks by Lo Hio Ieng - Grand Prize Winner Artist of Jury Award in Collective Exhibition of Macao Artists” is held from today until 5 March 2023 at the Nostalgic House of Taipa Houses. Admission is free and all are welcome to visit.
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List of Red Code Zones Converted into Yellow Code Zones
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2022MIECF Opens on 9 December “Moving towards the Dual Carbon Goals” Together
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 2,764 organisations were operating in the four core domains of cultural industries in Macao in 2021, namely 'Creative design', 'Cultural exhibitions & performances', 'Art collection' and 'Digital media'; the figure represented an increase of 248 year-on-year. Total number of persons engaged rose by 1.4% to 12,067, and Compensation of Employees went up by 1.4% to MOP 2.13 billion. Total Service Receipts grew by 12.3% to MOP 5.67 billion. Gross Value Added that measures the contribution of the industries to the economy decreased by 0.1% to MOP 2.15 billion, accounting for 0.9% of the total Gross Value Added of all economic activities in Macao in 2021, down by 0.2 percentage points from 2020 (1.1%). With new operators entering the various domains, coupled with the acquisition of property, machinery and equipment and update of computer software by some existing ones, Gross Fixed Capital Formation surged by 127.1% to MOP 0.91 billion. As compared with the pre-pandemic levels in 2019, Total Service Receipts and Gross Value Added fell by 28.4% and 27.9% respectively.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for August - October 2022 held steady compared to the previous period (July - September 2022), at 250.4. The index for the Macao Peninsula (250.2) grew by 0.2% while that for Taipa & Coloane (251.1) dropped by 0.8%.
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The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) and the Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) jointly organized “The 14^th Higher Education International Conference on Online Teaching and Sustainable Quality Assurance: Challenges and Perspectives”, held online from 29^th to 30^th November 2022. Over 20 experts from the UK, Belgium, Russia, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao presented their papers. The online conference attracted 200 experts and Ph.D. candidates from all over the world to participate. They actively engaged in exchanging views and interacting freely during the conference.
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List of Red Code Zones Converted into Yellow Code Zones
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