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Being the coordinator of the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating of Financing of Terrorism Working Group (the AML/CFT Working Group) of Macao SAR, GIF participated in the Annual Meeting of Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) from 18^th to 23^rd August 2019 in Canberra, Australia, together with representatives of the Working Group members, including CCAC, SPU, SA, DSAJ, AMCM, DICJ, DSE and PJ. One of the meeting’s agenda items was to discuss the first Mutual Evaluation Follow-up Report of Macao SAR. Discussions were made on the amendments and follow-up actions of Macao SAR on the AML/CFT laws and evaluate the completeness of its legal and institutional framework. The report has to be tabled for discussion and endorsement by all APG members at the plenary meeting before it can be adopted.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the value and volume of retail sales recorded a year-on-year decrease in the second quarter of 2019, with the sales value falling by 0.8% to MOP17.86 billion and the sales volume dropping by 0.5%.
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The “Macao Film Week”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held from 11 to 14 September featuring ten local productions released in the years following Macao’s Handover to China. The screening will be held at the Cinematheque・Passion and the Macau University of Science and Technology. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
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IFT 2019/20 Student Orientation Ceremony was held on 22 August with the presence of IFT faculty members and degree students (including exchange students).
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The Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ of the second-half of August on 22 August 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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On the occasion of the mega international arts and cultural event “Art Macao”, the MSAR Government invited members of the consular corps accredited in Hong Kong and Macao to participate in a visit organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, to an art exhibition integrated in the “Art Macao” event, on 20 August. The visit aimed to promote the concept of “A Cultural Macao” and to raise the reputation of this new iconic brand of cultural tourism at regional and international level, thus exploring more opportunities for future collaboration.
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Prof Tam Lap Mou from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Electromechanical Engineering received a Best Conference Paper Award at the 2019 Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for his paper titled ‘A Smart Detection Technology for Personal Heartbeat Monitoring’.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released survey results of Manpower Needs and Wages of the Gaming Sector for the second quarter of 2019. Survey coverage excludes junket promoters and junket associates.
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Preliminary Estimate for 2018
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Macao has been presented with the “Best MICE City – Asia” Award in the first edition of the “M&C Asia Stella Awards 2019”. The award ceremony was organised by Northstar Travel Group and was held in Singapore on 20 August. The award is accepted by the representative of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute.
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