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To implement the important instructions from President Xi Jinping on flood prevention and disaster relief, resolute prevention of serious incidents, and effective safeguarding of the safety of people’s lives and property, and to follow the Chief Executive’s directives from the summer safety meeting on further strengthening Macao’s overall safety, ensuring general stability and harmony, and safeguarding the lives and property of the public, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) continues to strengthen the work arrangements for summer safety and disaster prevention. It has earlier stepped up the inspections of the municipal facilities under construction, distributing and explaining a series of safety and hygiene guidelines to contractors and construction workers, who were also reminded to pay attention to occupational safety and health management at the construction sites and the impacts of inclement weather on workers and construction safety during summer time, and to enhance their awareness of risk management for electricity use, fire prevention, flood prevention, mosquito and rodent prevention and control, so as to eliminate safety hazards at the source.
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Organised by the Education and Youth Development Bureau in collaboration with the Municipal Affairs Bureau, the Macao Government Tourism Office, the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Sports Bureau, the Livelihood Affairs Bureau of the Guangdong‒Macao In‑Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, and the Secretariat of the Education Forum for Asia, the International Youth Dance Festival 2026 held its first indoor performance at Macao Forum on 21 July. Nearly 300 dancers representing 11 youth dance groups from Macao and other parts of the world took part in the event, jointly delivering a spectacular show to an audience of over 1,000.
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Organized by the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Galaxy Entertainment Group and the Volleyball Association of Macao, China, Women’s Volleyball Nations League – Finals Macao 2026 presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group starts tomorrow (22 July) at Macao East Asian Games Dome. The VNL organizing committee held a press conference today (21 July) where the coaches and team captains of the eight elite women’s volleyball teams—including China, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Türkiye, and the United States—met with the media. The first quarterfinal match will begin tomorrow at 4:00 PM with Italy v Netherlands, followed by Brazil v Japan at 7:30 PM.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the 3^rd Macao International Children’s Arts Festival specially presents the children’s arts exhibition “Echo the Wind Wanderer”, featuring two exhibition areas at the Macao Museum of Art and MGM COTAI’s Lion Lobby. The opening ceremony will be held on 26 July, at 4pm, on the 3^rd floor of the Macao Museum of Art, with two exhibition areas to be opened on the same day, presenting a complete immersive artistic journey of self-exploration and imagination. A complimentary shuttle bus service from the Macao Museum of Art to MGM COTAI will be available during the opening ceremony, with limited seats distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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O workshop de actuação artística do “Festival Juvenil Internacional de Dança 2026” realizou-se na manhã do dia 21 de Julho, na Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying. A actividade combinou dança com a experiência de artesanato do património cultural imaterial, promovendo o intercâmbio próximo e a aprendizagem mútua entre os residentes de Macau e os jovens bailarinos locais e de todo o mundo, ao mesmo tempo que revelou o encanto singular da cultura do património cultural imaterial, promoveu a educação artística e divulgou a excelente cultura tradicional chinesa.
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On 21 July, the Social Security Fund presented its proposal to optimise the Periodic Adjustment Mechanism for Social Security Benefits (hereinafter referred to as the “Adjustment Mechanism”) during the plenary session of the Standing Committee for the Coordination of Social Affairs. The proposal was unanimously endorsed by representatives of both employers and employees. The measures include lowering the activation threshold of the Adjustment Mechanism (the cumulative change in the Composite Consumer Price Index) to 2% and establishing a flexible procedure to ensure that old-age pension adjustments occur at intervals of no more than 3 years. The Social Security Fund believes that these optimisations will enhance the mechanism’s responsiveness to price fluctuations, thereby ensuring that adjustments to old-age pension and other benefits are more closely aligned with the needs of the population.
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