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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for July-September 2019 held steady from the previous period (June-August 2019), at 1.8%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.5%, up slightly by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate remained unchanged at 0.4%.
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Organized by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the award ceremony for the “Open Call for Artworks of Macao Artists 2019”, was held on 26 October, at the MAM Auditorium. The ceremony was officiated by the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Mok Ian Ian; the Head of the Department of Exhibitions and Museums of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Lei Lai Kio; and the Acting Director of MAM, Leong Sek Min, who congratulated and presented the awards to the winning artists.
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 15 to 17 November and from 22 to 24 November at Tap Siac Square, featuring various handicraft workshops. The fee of each handicrafts workshop is MOP50. All interested parties can register for the workshops through the Tap Siac Craft Market website from 28 October until 5 November, at 5pm.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, will attend on 12 November a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly, to give a summary on policy implementation work in 2019; and to introduce a budget proposal for 2020.
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The Macao Trade and Investment Institute (IPIM) was presented with the “Best Marketing-Destination” Award at the MICE China Forum & Awards Ceremony, held on 18 October. IPIM President Irene Va Kuan Lau received the award. The award follows several other recent accolades for IPIM and Macao, including the “Best Convention & Exhibition Bureau” at the 2018 TTG Travel Awards Ceremony, and the “Best MICE City – Asia” at the “M&C Asia Stella Awards 2019”, held in Singapore in August, which have all helped to raise the city’s international profile in this area.
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The Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ of the second-half of October on 24 October for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 10 supermarkets in Santo António Parish. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo), the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app, or the Council’s WeChat account.
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Two new agreements between the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea – regarding cooperation on certain legal matters – create a mechanism to ensure that the judicial systems in the respective places can exercise effectively their roles should they encounter relevant issues.
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