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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 17 July for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets in São Lázaro and São Lourenço Parishes.
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The Consumer Council added a “Smart Choice” function to its website version of “Supermarket price information platform” to let consumers check which on sale items are available among the surveyed 100 supermarkets, and whether gifts are attached or not. The new function provides more efficient price information for consumers’ reference to make it easier to purchase lowest priced products.
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The 32^nd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held from September to October. The theme of this year’s Festival is “Enjoy - The moment in music”, in the hope that audience will be able to enjoy the moment and feel the joy and harmony through music.
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The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is launching the 2018 Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making from today until Friday, 14 September 2018, 5pm. Eligible applicants will be granted subsidies of up to a maximum of MOP170,000 for sample production and promotional materials of selected entries. The maximum quota of the Subsidy Programme is eight persons (groups). All interested parties are welcome to submit their applications.
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The subscription period for the 2019 Year of the Pig commemorative coins and for the exquisite silver coin collection boxes launched by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) will end at 6:00pm on 20th July 2018 (Friday). Hence, Macao residents who are interested in subscribing for the said coins and coin collection boxes are requested to complete the online subscription process before the mentioned deadline.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today directed Government departments to step up their effort to address flooding issues, particularly in relation to easing the effects wrought by unstable weather conditions during tropical cyclone season.
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The 32^nd Portuguese Language Summer Course, organised by the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, opened at UM today. This year’s course attracted a record number of 461 students from around the world, six of whom are Macanese residing in the United States who are keen to come to their ancestral place of origin to learn one of their heritage languages.
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Jointly organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, the Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair 2018 (2018GMBPF) will be held at the Venetian Macao from 27 to 29 July. As a flagship annual event for Guangdong and Macao encompassing trade, cultural exchanges, shopping, leisure and entertainment, the GMBPF has received extensive recognition from all sectors of the community. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2018GMBPF features a diversified range of activities and has encouraged wider participation of premium brands, deepening the economic and trade co-operation between Guangdong and Macao and promoting the economic diversification of Macao by serving as a bridge for economic and trade co-operation between Macao and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.
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