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Consumer Council released price survey on 11 festive foods
Consumer Council collected prices of 11 festive foods, including sweets and biscuits, from 24 retail outlets on 25 January for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12th June. The collected data has been uploaded to the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) and the ‘Supermarket Price Information Platform’ iPhone and Android apps. Consumers can also check the data through the Council’s official WeChat account.
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Consumer Council conducted survey on credit card reward points and mileage redemption programmes
A lot of card issuing companies now offer consumers to use their credit card reward points to transfer to air mileage, consumers are facing numerous credit card advertisements but are clueless about which one offers the best rebate. The Consumer Council surveyed 8 card issuing companies in Macau for the application requirements, foreign transaction fees, terms and methods of transferring reward points to air mileage, etc. of 29 credit cards, details of the survey can be found in the latest issue 305 Consumer Report.
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Government closely monitoring influenza situation
The Government has concluded – after careful assessment – that there is currently no need for a city-wide suspension of classes at local schools and kindergartens as a route to controlling seasonal influenza (flu).
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Arrangement for banknotes exchange before the Lunar New Year
As Lunar New Year is approaching, the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) has coordinated with the two Issuing Banks for the provision of new and good-as-new banknotes in various denominations for public exchange starting from January 29 (Tuesday), in order to meet the demand for notes for use as red packets.
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UM professor appointed International Fellow of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof Brian Hall from the University of Macau (UM) Department of Psychology has been awarded the prestigious Presidential International Fellowship for Foreign Talents by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This fellowship will provide Prof Hall with an honorary appointment in the CAS and the Key State Laboratory in Mental Health, in the Institute of Psychology in Beijing, along with research funding to initiate new joint collaborations in the field of traumatic stress studies in China.
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Information Update on the Annual Press Conference of Macao Government Tourism Office (23 January)
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held the Annual Press Conference yesterday (23 January) and unveiled the budget of the Office. Since the data shown on the slide “Budget of Macao Government Tourism Office in 2019” of the PowerPoint file is in fact the final budget in 2018, the Office now provides the budget of the Office in 2019 for reference.
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