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The University of Macau (UM) today (13 December) held a Doctor honoris causa Lecture in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Chio Fai Aglaia Kong, recipient of an honorary doctorate from UM, gave a talk titled ‘Innovations for Billions’ to analyse innovation opportunities in today’s world under various global factors. The event attracted UM faculty members and students, teachers and students from local secondary schools, industry practitioners, and prominent members of the community.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and co-ordinated by the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM), the “Style．Encounter Moment” Fashion Parade of the Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making was held at the Macao Fashion Festival 2021 in Hall B of The Venetian Macao on 12 December.
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According to the statistics of temporary residency for approved investors, managements and technical personnel in the first half of 2021, IPIM received a total of 1 new residence application based on “major investment” and a total of 38 new applications based on “management and technical personnel”.
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Healthquarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of differentidentities.
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The Macao SAR Gazette today published Administrative Regulation No. 47/2021 – Amendment to Administrative Regulation 22/2018, regarding the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Macao Special Administrative Region, to establish the posts of National Security Adviser and National Security Technical Adviser on the Committee for Safeguarding National Security, and clearly define the duties and responsibilities attached to those posts. The new Administrative Regulation will come into effect on 14 December 2021.
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To celebrate the 22^nd Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop of General Post Office, from 09:00 to 15:00 on 20^th December 2021 to provide the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “22^nd Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region”. A commemorative envelope priced at MOP3.00 will be issued.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) presented to the General Assembly of the Standing Committee for the Coordination of Social Affairs a proposal on establishing the periodic adjustment mechanism for the Social Security System’s benefits. The proposal suggests to comprehensively evaluate in the future, the room for adjustment of old-age pension and other benefits on a regular basis, based on indexes like inflation, average rate of change in the financial position of FSS, average life expectancy and minimum subsistence index, so as to ensure a reasonable level of basic old age security and the sustainable development of Social Security System. The proposal was unanimously agreed by both employer and employee parties.
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The “26^th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair” (26^th MIF), the “Macao Franchise Expo 2021” (2021MFE) and the “2021 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao)” (2021PLPEX) came to a successful conclusion today (12 Dec). This year, the three exhibitions continued to adopt the “online + offline” exhibition model. Over the three days, more than 80 projects were signed, covering areas such as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, co-operation in big health products, high-tech industry investment and co-operation, Macao food agents, and co-operation in logistics projects between Macao and Portuguese-speaking countries. Nearly 700 business matching sessions, including more than 400 online matching sessions, were arranged to help exhibiting enterprises and traders explore business opportunities through the exhibition platform.
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