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Due to the fact that typhoon signal no. 8 will be hoisted today (31 July) at 14:00, all activities originally scheduled by the Cultural Affairs Bureau for today, including the 37^th Macao Young Musicians Competition – Piano Concerto and all the afternoon workshops at the Macao Cultural Centre, will be cancelled. Further information about the competition and workshops will be announced later.
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The four-week online registration process for the exchange of the 20^th Anniversary of the Return of Sovereignty of Macao banknotes and four previously issued Zodiac Banknotes (including the Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig Zodiac Banknotes) by Macao residents will be starting at 9:00 am on 1 August and will end at 6:00 pm on 30 August 2019. The Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind those citizens who are interested in exchanging for the said banknotes to complete the registration process within the stipulated time period.
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The probabilities of issuing severe weather warning signalsUpdate Time: 2019-07-30 21:00
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The 33^rd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF) Outreach Programme features a total of 14 activities in eight categories, including talks, pre-show talks, post-show talk, meet-the-artists, masterclasses, workshops, community activities and school session introducing the charm of music to the public.
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The 33^rd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held from 4 to 30 October. This edition of the MIMF, themed ‘The Instrumentalist’, gathers internationally acclaimed musicians and orchestras from around the world and offers 17 programmes in a total of 22 excellent performances, bringing a musical feast of grandeur, bounding spirit and rhythmic melodies and sharing the beauty of music with the general public.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Consumer Council have introduced the collaborative initiative of “Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme” (QTSAS) crossover “Certified Shop Scheme” this year, extending QTSAS to local retail sector. The two entities co-organized a themed-seminar named “Sales Technique Seminar: To be the best in retail sales” today (30 July), as the first-ever activity held under this initiative, to help equip retail personnel with practical sales techniques and enhance service quality, thus creating satisfactory shopping experience to locals and visitors.
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To further enhance the overall development of the airspace of the three places, the aeronautical authorities of mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR have reached a new collaboration agreement and signed the agreement today in Hong Kong. The purpose is to establish close technical collaboration, enhance low-altitude airspace development and conduct personnel training with regard to their respective resources.
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Peer-reviewed articles from a conference titled ‘Confluences in Portuguese Language: Linguistics, Literature and Translation’, organised by the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), have been published in the international journal Diacrítica. The papers were written by faculty members, scholars, and students participating in the conference. The publishing of the articles will help to promote the development of Portuguese literature, culture and translation studies.
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The probabilities of issuing severe weather warning signals
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