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Macao is in the midst of a season with high temperature and rainfall, which is a time when disease and pest infestation frequent occur. The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has found that street trees in some streets and districts have been affected by seasonal pest infestations in recent inspections and has immediately used medication to prevent and treat the infestations. IAM will continue to adjust the relevant treatment measures based on the changes of the trees to suppress pest infestation. Meanwhile, notices were hung on trees on which pesticide has been used, so as to remind the public to avoid coming into contact with these trees.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) and the Council of Veterinary Medicine Professionals jointly held “Veterinary law popularisation seminar” to brief the veterinary clinical care sector on the “Code of Professional Ethics of Veterinary Surgeons” and their rights and obligations. A series of laws and regulations, including “Law on Veterinary Clinical Care and Commercial Activity of Animals”, “Animal Protection Law” and “Animal Epidemic Prevention Law”, was introduced during the seminar to encourage the sector to comply with the rules and apply them in their operations, so as to raise the veterinary profession’s service standard.
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The Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau (UM) held a closing ceremony for the 38th Portuguese Language Summer Programme. During the event, participants demonstrated their learning outcomes over the past three weeks through dance performances and poetry recitations. Certificates were also presented to those who passed the course requirements.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) continuously carries out food safety supervision and sampling tests to assess the consumption risks and hygiene conditions of food products available on the market. In the second quarter this year, a total of 537 food samples were randomly collected from the market in Macao for testing, with an overall pass rate of 99.8 per cent.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI for June 2024 rose by 0.64% year-on-year, marking the fourth consecutive month of slowdown in growth. Among the various sections of goods and services, the price indices of Education (+5.06%), Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+2.53%) and Health (+2.41%) saw notable year-on-year growth. In addition, the price indices of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+0.99%) and Housing & Fuels (+0.59%) went up owing to higher charges for eating out, rising rentals for dwellings, dearer prices of liquefied petroleum gas and increases in electricity charges. On the other hand, the price indices of Transport (-3.60%) and Recreation & Culture (-0.65%) dropped. The CPI-A and CPI-B recorded respective growth of 0.64% and 0.65% year-on-year.
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The grand opening of the “Celebration of 75^th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, and the 25^th Anniversary of Macao’s Return to the Motherland ‧ 2024 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair”, jointly organised by the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute of the Macao Special Administrative Region (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, was held today (25 July).
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The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and the Macao Foundation co-operate again to set up the “Macao Pavilion” at the 34^th Hong Kong Book Fair, showcasing publications of IC and Macao Foundation, as well as other publications from Macao, introducing Macao’s outstanding works to readers from Hong Kong and other regions.
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Unemployment rate returned to the level in the 2^nd Quarter of 2019
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The Student and Youth Show in Celebration of Macao’s Return to the Motherland cum International Youth Dance Festival, which is co-organised by the Education and Youth Development Bureau, SJM Resorts Limited and Nam Kwong (Group) Company Limited, collaborated by the Municipal Affairs Bureau, the Macao Government Tourism Office, the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Sports Bureau, the University of Macau, Macao Polytechnic University, the Education Forum for Asia, the Chinese Educators Association of Macau, the Macau Higher Education Development Promotion Association, the Macau Catholic Schools Association, the Associação Educativa da Função Pública de Macau and the Committee of Macao Youth Associations for Organising Activities, and supported by the Guangdong Youth Federation, put on the finale show ‘International Youth Dance Festival 2024—Closing Performances’ at Macao Forum tonight (25 July).
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