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The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) cooperates with the Macao Post and Communications Bureau (CTT) to extend the coverage of contact information modification service, which allows citizens to update their address and contact information at various public departments at one time.
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A team of students from the University of Macau (UM) recently won a Merit Award at the ACCA - CFA Institute Business Competition 2019-20. Co-organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute), the competition attracted more than 1,100 students from higher education institutions in Hong Kong and Macao.
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The University of Macau (UM) and the Institute of Oncology and Basic Medicine (IOBM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have signed a collaboration agreement to establish a joint cancer research centre. The agreement aims to give full play to the advantages of the collaboration between UM and IOBM in terms of scientists and technologists, medical resources, and innovative research, and to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Macao, the Greater Bay Area, and the rest of China. Both parties will work together on key scientific and technical issues in cancer prevention and treatment as well as cancer drug research and development. Innovative basic and clinical research will be carried out to develop the centre into an internationally renowned oncology research and talent training base.
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In view of the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the Macao Public Library under the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) has further extended the loan period until 11 May (Monday) for library materials originally due to be returned between 24 January and 10 May. Therefore the public do not have to hasten to return the materials to the public libraries.
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has confirmed a new case of imported COVID-19 infection, taking to 39 the tally of confirmed cases in Macao.
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The Government is using a newly-constructed building within the Islands District Medical Complex as a temporary centre for quarantine procedures, in order to meet the increasing need for medical facilities in view of local developments regarding COVID-19.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 240,662 as at end-February 2020, a slight increase of 0.6% year-on-year. Light automobiles (109,654) and heavy motorcycles (99,959) rose by 1.3% and 2.1% respectively, whereas light motorcycles (23,705) dropped by 7.6%. As vehicle registration services were temporarily suspended in February amid the epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia, new registration of motor vehicles reduced by 39.9% year-on-year to 436, with light automobiles (222) and heavy motorcycles (192) falling by 21.3% and 53.2% respectively. In the first two months of 2020, new registration of motor vehicles decreased by 31.0% year-on-year to 1,349. Number of traffic accidents in February declined by 62.6% year-on-year to 431, and number of injuries totalled 150. In the first two months, there were 1,443 traffic accidents, involving 497 victims and 3 of them were killed.
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In order to support the implementation of the Consumption Subsidy Scheme, the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) introduces measures to facilitate the registration for consumption subsidy of eligible newborn babies who do not hold the Macao Special Administrative Region Resident Identity Card (hereinafter called resident identity card) within the registration period.
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