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The 32^nd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), proceeds with excellent concerts this week. In the concert Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8, the Macao Orchestra (OM) joins hands with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra to present Anton Bruckner’s magnum opus – Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, an exceptional concert not to be missed, to be held on 6 October (Saturday), at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. The music director of the Macao Orchestra, Lu Jia, conducts OM and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, presenting Anton Bruckner's magnum opus – Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version). It is the longest symphony Bruckner ever wrote, a work that deeply touches humans' feelings and inspirations. The work is filled with lofty beliefs, religious zeal and deep philosophical reflections. The public is advised to purchase tickets as soon as possible as they are now limited. A pre-show talk will be held on the day of the concert, from 7pm to 7:30pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Conference Room, in which OM’s Music Director, Lu Jia, will explain the work. Interested music aficionados are welcome to register. Seats are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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A performance titled ‘Lightscape: A Synthesis of Video Animation and Dance’, organised by the Centre for Arts and Design, University of Macau (UM), will be held next Friday (12 October) at 8:00pm in the UM University Hall (N2). Created and produced by members of the Centre for Arts and Design, the performance is a synthesis of video animation and dance through which the audience will be able to explore the beauty of multimedia art. Participants in the performance come from the famous dancing artist Yanjinzi Gao’s Beijing Contemporary Dance Company, Xinghai Conservatory of Music from Guangzhou, as well as various dance troupes in Macao. Those who are interested please register online for free tickets.
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Starting today, residents can pay, in the contribution months, arbitrary system contributions of the previous quarter at the self-service machines with Social Security Fund’s contribution logo using the UnionPay QuickPass card or MACAU Pass card.
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October is a contribution month of the Social Security System. Employers are required to pay in this month the contributions of the obligatory system for their local long-term employees for the third quarter of this year. If an employer has hired a non-resident worker, he or she is also required to pay the employment fee as well. In addition, beneficiaries of the arbitrary system are also required to pay contributions in October. To save time waiting in line, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) calls for members of the public to make full use of the electronic payment options to make their payments. If someone needs to visit a field office of the FSS in person, he or she should note that the flow of people is highest at the end of the month and should visit the FSS as early as possible.
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The Macao Polytechnic Institute has joyfully held a celebration of the International Translation Day on September 27, 2018. Since 1953, the International Federation of Translators and other translation practitioners across the world have celebrated this occasion in many different ways. Then in 2017, a UN Resolution officially designated September 30 of each year as the International Translation Day. The official theme of this year's International Translation Day is "Translation: Promoting cultural heritage in changing times." Three students from MPI's International Chinese Language Education program, Chinese-Portuguese Translation program and Chinese-English Translation program took turns to announce the theme out loud to the audience in three languages: Mandarin, Portuguese and English. The rundown of the celebration included a drama performance that was entirely written and directed by the students themselves, a poetry recital, and the performance of "A New Story of Liangshanbo and Zhu Yingtai" by students from Portuguese-speaking countries. The students' great performance is testimony to their competence and confidence in speaking the three languages of Chinese, Portuguese and English.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours totalled 785,000 in August 2018, up by 12.4% year-on-year and 3.3% month-to-month. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (611,000) rose by 6.8% year-on-year, and those from the Republic of Korea (56,000) and Taiwan (63,000) surged by 66.5% and 91.1% respectively. In the first eight months of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 5,813,000, up by 10.7% year-on-year.
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Consumer Council conducted its specific price survey on diapers, over-the-counter drugs, and milk powder on 28 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Results of the mentioned survey has been uploaded to the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo), it is also available on the Council’s “Posto das Informações de Preços em Macau” iPhone and Android apps, as well as on the Council’s WeChat account page.
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The 29^th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest culminated in splendour tonight (1 October), the National Day. Liuyang New Year Fireworks Trading Co., Ltd from China won the championship, followed by the fireworks teams Marutamaya Ogatsu Fireworks Co., Ltd. from Japan and Potsdamer Feuerwerk GmbH from Germany as the first and second runners-up.
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