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UTM plans to launch Bachelor of Science in Management and Data Science programme in new academic year
To optimise the academic portfolio, the Macao University of Tourism (UTM) plans to launch the Bachelor of Science in Management and Data Science programme in the new academic year of 2026/2027.
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Public Library will suspend certain services on 23 March due to information system maintenance
In order to ensure proper operation, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) will carry out maintenance on the information system of the Public Library on 23 March (Monday) from 9am to 11am. During this period, library services including the Macao Public Library website, the library catalogue search system and the electronic resources, the mobile application “My Library” and the relevant functions of the Public Library of IC in “Macao One Account” will be suspended or affected. In addition, the circulation services of the Red Market Library and the 24-hour book drops at all the branch libraries will also be suspended during the abovementioned period.
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Visitor arrivals for February 2026
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of visitor arrivals increased by 32.6% year-on-year to 4,172,940 in February 2026, driven by the Lunar New Year holidays. Same-day visitors (2,676,431) and overnight visitors (1,496,509) rose by 41.8% and 18.8% year-on-year respectively. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.2 day year-on-year to 0.9 day, with that of overnight visitors decreasing by 0.1 day to 2.1 days.
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Consumer price index (CPI) for February 2026
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI for February 2026 rose by 1.16% year-on-year, as the Chinese New Year fell in February this year versus January last year. Besides, the CPI-A and CPI-B showed respective growth of 1.03% and 1.26% year-on-year. For the first two months of 2026, the average Composite CPI grew by 0.85% year-on-year, and the average CPI-A and CPI-B climbed by 0.80% and 0.88% respectively.
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Macao Orchestra presents St. John Passion a masterpiece of Bach’s sacred music at St. Dominic’s Church on Holy Thursday
The concert “Easter Presents: Bach’s St. John Passion” of the Macao Orchestra 2025–26 Concert Season will be held on 2 April (Thursday), at the St. Dominic’s Church, the World Heritage site, at 8pm. The Macao Orchestra will join forces with renowned British conductor Laurence Cummings, several celebrated European early music vocalists and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus to present Bach’s St. John Passion, one of the representative works of the “Father of Music”, enabling the audience to refresh their minds before Good Friday and experience the faith and sanctity embodied in this work.
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Supplements for Philatelic Album of Macao 2025
Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau will release the “Supplements for Philatelic Album of Macao 2025” on 25th March 2026, and they will be available for sale at the Philatelic Shop of the General Post Office and the Communications Museum. The album pages are pre-printed with all the stamp images of 2025. Your collection of stamps and souvenir sheets of 2025 can be put into the pre-printed pages for convenient collection.
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