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In December 2016, when attending the hearing at the Court of Final Appeal due to the prosecution of a number of charges against him, the former Prosecutor General Ho Chio Meng pointed out that a few relatives of some officials were employed by the Office of the Prosecutor General. He went further that both the former Secretary for Administration and Justice, Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan, and the incumbent Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sónia Chan Hoi Fan, made phone calls to him and recommended the employment of their relatives by the Office of the Prosecutor General. Soon after Ho Chio Meng’s remarks were reported by the media, the CCAC received complaint letters. Therefore, pursuant to Law no. 10/2000, Organic Law of the Commission Against Corruption of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the CCAC carried out an investigation into the matter.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) marked their presence in the 23rd Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from 18th to 21st March, once again co-running a Macao Pavilion and bringing a delegation of film and television industry professionals to the event to showcase Macao as an ideal backdrop for films, foster exchange between local and international film and television industry professionals as well as widen publicity for the 4th International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao.
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The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presented the concert “Azzolini and Lu Jia”, part of the Shining Virtuosos series, on 15 March, at the St. Dominic’s Church. Under the baton of Music Director Lu Jia, the Orchestra joined hands with internationally renowned bassoonist Sergio Azzolini, a winner of numerous international awards, to perform a repertoire of famous classics, which won high acclaim and an enthusiastic applause from the audience. The Macao Orchestra specially organized the “Master Class with Sergio Azzolini” prior to the concert, in which the participants considered personal coaching by the master in the session to be very instructive.
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To facilitate residents of Taipa and Coloane to handle Social Securiy Fund’s services, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) set up full-featured service counters today (18 March) at Centro de Serviços da RAEM das Ilhas to provide services relating to the social security system and non-mandatory central provident fund system.
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Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, Alexis Tam, presided today (March 15, Porto time) over the opening of a Macao exhibition in Porto, the last stop of Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) organized “Experience Macao – Portugal” mega promotion, conducted in tandem with Lisbon Travel Market (BTL, from its Portuguese acronym) 2019, where the city is this year’s International Guest Destination, and to highlight the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR).
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Macanese culinary is one of the highlights of the “Experience Macao – Portugal” mega promotion launched this week by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO). Macanese chefs cooking demonstrations and a food truck presenting Macanese delicacies at Lisbon Travel Market (BTL, from its Portuguese acronym) are among the activities organized to showcase the destination’s east-meets-west gastronomic culture and the designation of Macao as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
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The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) will carry system maintenance services on the telephone hotline of the platform “Information from the Public about Macao’s Cultural Heritage” from 3:00pm to 6:00pm on Tuesday, 19 March. The hotline service will be temporarily suspended during this period of time. Meanwhile, residents can still notify IC about the condition of heritage buildings through the telephone no. 28366866, as well as through the website of “Cultural Heritage of Macao” (www.culturalheritage.mo/cn/report/), by email to chvoice@icm.gov.mo, through the Facebook page (IC Art) or IC’s WeChat account (ICmacao). For further inquiries, please call telephone no. 28366866 during office hours.
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The European Union (EU) listed Macao SAR as a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction at the end of 2017. However, with the support of the Central Government, the SAR Government has been actively communicating with the EU and has committed itself to implement a series of improvement measures to meet relevant international tax cooperation criteria. Later, the EU decided to remove Macao SAR from the list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions in January 2018. Since it has already undertaken the committed measures, Macao SAR, along with 24 other countries and regions, has been listed as one of the 43 tax jurisdictions that comply with the EU criteria for tax cooperation in the latest EU’s announcement on 12 March 2019.
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Press conference regarding extension of two gaming concession contracts
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