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Consumer Council released 8th supermarket price survey report of the current month
The Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ of the second-half of June on 26 June 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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UM members receive awards at International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics
Dr Jia Yanwei, an assistant professor from the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI (AMSV), University of Macau (UM), recently received an Innovation Award at the Ninth International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (IMCO) for her study titled ‘Digital Microfluidics for Disease Diagnostics’. A PhD student from Dr Jia’s research group, namely Shen Ren, received the Best Poster Award at the same conference for his paper titled ‘Hairpin-structured PCR Enhancer for Digital Microfluidic Systems’. The awards are testament to their contributions in applying digital microfluidics in biomedical sciences.
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Timetable published for procedures relating to CE Election
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election published on Tuesday (25 June) the timetable for the procedures relating to the Chief Executive Election.
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Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey – 31 December 2018
According to the statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, on 31 December 2018, investment of Macao residents (including individuals, the government and other legal entities but excluding Macao’s foreign exchange reserves) in securities issued by unrelated non-residents reached MOP684.5 billion at current market value, representing a decline of 1.8% from end-June 2018 but a rise of 2.9% from end-2017. Among the various instruments of portfolio investment, equity securities (including mutual funds and investment trust units), long-term debt securities and short-term debt securities were valued at MOP237.1 billion, MOP428.3 billion and MOP19.1 billion respectively. As compared with end-2017, equity securities and short-term debt securities dropped by 1.0% and 34.4% respectively, whereas long-term debt securities rose by 8.0%.
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UM’s summer camps cultivate local students’ interest in science
In order to increase local primary and secondary school students’ interest in science, the University of Macau (UM) in June and July this year will hold a series of summer camp in various fields. It helps to deepen and extend students’ understanding of science and engineering knowledge with hands-on experience and vivid on-site practical demonstration.
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“2nd Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” Tickets for the film festival and concert are on sale
The “2nd Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, features a series of highlighted activities. Tickets for two thematic activities, “China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival” and “Traditional Chinese Strings and Fado” Concert by the Macao Chinese Orchestra will be available on 22 June (Saturday) and 25 June (Tuesday), respectively.
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UM’s SKL-IOTSC inaugurates its first Academic Committee
The State Key Laboratory of the Internet of Things for Smart City (University of Macau) (SKL-IOTSC) held an inauguration ceremony for its first Academic Committee, which was followed by the committee’s first meeting in 2019. The first Academic Committee is comprised of 13 academicians, experts and scholars in different fields.
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