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Hosted by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People’s Republic of China, and coordinated by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao (hereinafter referred to as GMTCM Park), the 2019 Traditional Medicine International Cooperation Forum (Macao, China) will open at The Venetian Macao on 25 September. The two-day forum, themed as "Sharing Achievements of Traditional Medicine, Deepening International Exchange and Cooperation", will be attended by more than 700 participants from mainland China, Macao, the EU, ASEAN and Portuguese-speaking countries and regions.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 6.5% year-on-year to 3,623,116 in August 2019; same-day visitors (1,926,319) surged by 20.2% while overnight visitors (1,696,797) dropped by 5.7%. The average length of stay of visitors held stable at 1.2 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.3 days) rising by 0.1 day and same-day visitors (0.2 day) remaining unchanged.
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The names of the three people appointed to the General Audit Committee for the Legislative Assembly By-election, have been published today in the Macao SAR Gazette.
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The distribution work of 2019 Wealth Partaking Scheme finished on 13 September this year. In the course of implementation, 377,489 beneficiaries had received the cash premium by means of bank transfer, accounting for MOP$ 3,690,098,000, while 338,621 crossed cheques had been mailed, which summed up to MOP$ 3,280,238,000. Until the present time, 239,603 cheques were honoured, representing 70.8% of the total number of cheques issused.
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To celebrate the 150^th Anniversary of Postcards, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop of General Post Office and the Communications Museum on 1^st October 2019, from 9:00 to 17:30 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “150^th Anniversary of Postcards”.
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To facilitate the public and philatelists for ordering new philatelic products, please note the followings:
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The launch for TheBRICS-Lawyers’Guide to BRICS Texts and Materials, a new book co-authored by Professor Rostam J Neuwirth and Associate Professor Alexandr Svetlicinii from the Faculty of Law, University of Macau (UM), was recently featured at the BRICS Forum on the International Rule of Law held in Beijing.
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Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau will launch the thematic pack “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” on 26^th September 2019. It brings together the philatelic products which issued by China Post, Hongkong Post and Macao Post and Telecommunications, with the theme of “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” and records the mission of the Greater Bay Area.
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Please be informed that starting from 9:00a.m. on 26^th September, (Thursday) 2019, the new label stamps “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” will be available for sale at the designated automatic stamp vending machines as below:
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In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the 40^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Portugal and the 20^th anniversary of Macao’s Handover to China, the Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym) embarked a tour in Portugal, co-organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Macao Government Tourism Office, performing in four cities namely, Évora, Coimbra, Portalegre, and Lisbon. During the visit, OM will participate in the world-famous Marvão International Music Festival in Portalegre and the Festival TODOS in Lisbon.
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