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Celebrate 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao SAR with the art of light Local mapping shows will come into spotlight on 20th December
Unveiled on 1st December, “Macao Light Festival 2019 – Explore the Light” continues to light up the city with a beautiful extravaganza for residents and visitors in joyful celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The Festival offers a wonderful way to fill this festive season with sparkling memories, as Winter solstice, Christmas and New Year’s Eve successively arrive. Two local teams will present projection mapping shows from 20th to 31st December, offering spectators a window onto the trail Macao has blazed through the last two decades and a gaze into the bright future.
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Submission of works for the ‘Macao International Parade’ photography contest ends on 31 December
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the 2019 Macao International Parade in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Macao’s handover to China was successfully held on 8 December. In order to engage more residents in local cultural events and encourage them to visually memorialize the impressive moments of the Parade, IC has once again launched the 2019 Macao International Parade photography contest this year with the entry submission deadline set for 31 December 2019.
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A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains 3.0 debuts in Macao
The Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), and the Palace Museum will jointly present the mega exhibition series under the theme “The Long Journey”. The exhibition “A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains 3.0”, as the first phase of the exhibition series, was inaugurated on Tuesday, 17 December, at 6pm, at the Exhibition Gallery on the 2nd floor of the MAM. The Opening ceremony was officiated by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, Luo Shugang; the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government, Alexis Tam Chon Weng; the Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SAR, Xue Xiaofeng; the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao SAR, Shen Beili; the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Mok Ian Ian; the Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office of the Macao SAR Government, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes; the President and Executive Director of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, Liu Changle; the Vice President and General manager of the Macao Daily News, Wan Nang Hon; and the Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Chan Kai Chon.
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Some flights will be rescheduled during 20th anniversary of Macao SAR
In view of the need to cope with the 20thanniversary of the establishment of the Macao SAR, some of the flights at Macau International Airport will be rescheduled to cater for the execution of the respective activities or programmes in the airport.
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UM inaugurates its state key labs’ Hengqin branch
The University of Macau (UM) today (17 December) held an inauguration ceremony for the Hengqin branch of its three state key laboratories. During the ceremony, UM signed an agreement on the establishment of a branch of the Hengqin Intelligent Computing Platform in Macao. This signals UM’s growing involvement in technological innovation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
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UM’s new EMBA programme now open for applications
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) will launch an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programme in the 2020/2021 academic year. The two-year programme aims to help students gain a clear understanding of the ever-changing business environment and to enable them to identify and seize the opportunities and meet the challenges in an increasingly globalised world.
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MGTO delivers findings of the Study on the Impact of the Inauguration of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on the Tourism Industry
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) delivered the findings of the Study on the Impact of the Inauguration of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on the Tourism Industry today (17 December). The report revealed that since opened, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has led to a shift in the travel pattern of visitors to Macao, including less frequent use of ferry terminals. Over 70% of visitors to Macao expressed that they would travel to Macao and Hong Kong in one trip, while more than 60% of them would opt for multi-destination travel. The satisfaction level of visitors to Macao towards the bridge overall neared 90%.
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