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The Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR (AACM) organized a career talk at the Macao Polytechnic Institute today afternoon (19 September) and presented an introduction of the Macao aviation development and its future prospect to tertiary education students. The President of the Authority shared the story of how he entered into the industry, his working experience and interesting encounters. He also encouraged the young people to grasp every opportunity to develop their career in the aviation sector according to their interests.
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The 2018 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2018 PLPEX) will be held from October 18^th to 20^th concurrently with the 23^rd Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (23^rd MIF) at the Venetian Macao. Based on the first experience of independent exhibition last year, 2018 PLPEX will expand the exhibition area to 6,000 square meters, and initiate activities like the "Brazil Unmanned Commodity Experience Zone (Brazil Center)" and "Portuguese-speaking Countries Wine and Food Business Matching." These activities will give full play to Macao’s role as a China-Portuguese-speaking Countries platform and develop the “new retail” co-operation model.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 19 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in Sé Parish.
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After typhoon Mangkhut hit Macao, libraries in low-lying areas, such as the Patane Library and the Red Market Library, suffered some damage. However, thanks to the emergency mechanisms launched by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) prior to the typhoon, like the removal of important library resources and items, such as self-service machines, computers and related equipment, books and magazines, furniture, etc., and the cut of power before the closing of the libraries. Given its location in a low-lying area, the main cause of the flooding at the Patane Library was the entrance of seawater through its manholes. The Library has at least 10 manholes inside and it was from these manholes that the seawater gushed in. Following an inspection, it was noted that the Library’s distribution board was affected by flooding, causing damage to some of its components, which now need replacement; since the purchase of this components will take time, at the moment the Library does not meet the conditions for reopening.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the business performance of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments in July was less satisfactory than in June, with 39% of the interviewed establishments reporting a year-on-year growth in receipts, down by 8 percentage points from June. The corresponding proportions of Japanese & Korean Restaurants (33%) and Western Restaurants (26%) fell by 20 and 11 percentage points respectively. On the other hand, 34% of the interviewed establishments recorded a year-on-year decline in receipts, up by 8 percentage points from June.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, attended the 7th World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Summit on Urban Tourism in Seoul, Korea. On the sidelines of the Summit, MGTO Director also met with the General-Director of Tourism and Sports of the Seoul Metropolitan Government
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