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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission conducted its Article IV Consultation with the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) during 14-23 July 2026 and preliminarily concluded its assessments of Macao SAR’s macroeconomic and financial conditions.
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In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the University of Macau (UM), the UM Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), in collaboration with the Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation (SHMDF), the Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) and St Anne’s College of the University of Oxford, hosted the 2026 Dr Stanley Ho Memorial Lecture. The event featured Tim Elliott, Kidani Professor of Immuno-Oncology and director of the Centre for Immuno-Oncology at the University of Oxford, who delivered a lecture entitled ‘Personalising Vaccines for Cancer Prevention’. The lecture was well attended by UM faculty and students, researchers, healthcare professionals, and members of the public, who were keen to explore recent advances in cancer immunology and the potential of personalised vaccines for cancer prevention.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), together with the Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau (ISAF) and the Health Bureau (SSM), continues to actively follow up on the incident involving excessive lead levels detected in “Frisolac Prestige Infant Formula Stage 1”. The authorities have immediately sent personnel to retail outlets to conduct inspections to identify risks and trace the product’s origin, putting a halt to its circulation on the market. Meanwhile, random inspections have been expanded, with 13 samples of infant formula stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 under the brand in question collected for analysis of lead and other heavy metal content. The testing results have revealed no anomalies. Furthermore, SS has established a dedicated paediatric emergency fast track, an enquiry hotline, and a specialised outpatient clinic for infants and young children in need. As of 6:00 p.m. of 27 July, 125 calls have been received, 38 individuals have made appointments at the specialised outpatient clinic, and 5 have utilised the paediatric emergency fast track. No cases of lead poisoning emergencies were identified among those who sought medical consultation. Some of them have already undergone blood tests and are being monitored by the specialised paediatric outpatient clinic.
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The 48^th Session of the World Heritage Committee is being held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 29 July 2026. The President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, Leong Wai Man, led a delegation from Macao to be part of the delegation from China, and exchanged views with the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China and international experts in the field of world heritage conservation.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), in collaboration with local associations, conducted 30 thematic seminars on the 2026 Population By-Census between May and July, drawing nearly 2,100 association members. The seminars were designed to introduce data collection arrangements to strengthen public support for the population by-census, and to disseminate anti-fraud information related to statistical work to raise scam awareness.
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The Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (hereinafter referred to as "IPIM") of the Macao SAR, and InvestHK jointly organised a business matching conference on industrial and capital collaboration between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and investment institutions and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in Beijing on 27 July. The event aimed to promote deep exchange and co-operation between SOEs and investment institutions, GBA funds, and innovative industrial projects, having attracted approximately 150 representatives from SOEs and investment institutions, as well as GBA funds and cutting-edge industrial projects, the conference successfully facilitated the alignment and synergistic development between SOEs and GBA industries.
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The Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau (UM) held a closing ceremony for the 40th Portuguese Language Summer Programme. During the ceremony, participants showcased their learning outcomes through dance, music, and poetry recitation. Certificates were also presented to those who had successfully completed the three-week programme.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has found that a loose-packed dried lily bulb product available on the market contained an excessive amount of the heavy metal cadmium during routine sample testing of food. IAM has immediately followed up on the issue and ordered the involved business to stop selling the affected product.Members of the public are urged to stop eating it.
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The CCAC has completed the inquiry into the termination of the cooperation agreement in relation to Smart Nursery by the Social Welfare Bureau (hereinafter referred to as “SWB”), where it believed that the SWB’s termination of its cooperative relationship with Zonta Club of Macau (hereinafter referred to as “Zonta Club”) which operated Smart Nursery and its supervision on Zonta Club’s utilisation of subsidies on the nursery were on the basis of its own duties and that there was no existence of illegality or administrative impropriety. On the contrary, according to the findings of the investigation, there was information indicating the existence of irregularities or illegalities concerning staff employment, financial management and utilisation of subsidies at the nursery by Zonta Club. Moreover, Zonta Club failed to rectify the problems all along in a timely manner, thereby affecting the maintenance of good services of the nursery and childcare services to a certain extent.
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