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The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) attaches great importance to the integrity, law-abiding awareness and professional ethics of all of its staff. To enhance integrity awareness, IPIM invited the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) to organise an integrity promotion seminar on 13 November, to better complement the orderly implementation of Government policies.
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The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) launched multi-service counters in October this year as to comply with the Macao SAR Government’s policy of providing convenience to citizens in their daily life. Under the coordination of the Office of the Secretary for Administration and Justice, DSI has held a sharing session to introduce the implementation of relevant measures on 13th and 14th November 2018. In two consecutive days, a total of 35 public departments have participated the event.
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In order to learn about the innovation in teaching and learning, exchange insights on the development of international quality assurance and thereby promote the advancement of the quality of higher education in Macao, Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) and the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) are jointly organising “The 10^th Higher Education International Conference on Innovation and Developments in Teaching and Learning Quality Assurance”, which will be held at MPI on 21-22 November 2018. The conference will feature keynote speeches by Professor Jianxin Zhang, President of APQN; Professor Alberto Amaral, President, Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal; Mr Ian Kimber, Director of Universities, Quality Enhancement and Standards, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), United Kingdom; Professor Sheelagh Matear, Executive Director, Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand Universities (AQA), New Zealand; and Mr Albert Chow, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ). They will focus on various issues related to teaching and learning quality, and innovation and developments in quality assurance.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 14 November for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 11 supermarkets in Taipa and Coloane area.
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In order to promote the old age security cooperation between Guangdong and Macao, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province recently led representatives from social security related departments of 17 cities in the province to Macao, and conducted a three-day exchange training with the Social Security fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) in order to learn about the latest developments of Macao’s two-tier social security system, and the social assistance policies and overview of the health care system, and to explore the development trend of economic and social security policies of the surrounding areas.
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 16 to 18 November and from 23 to 25 November for two consecutive weekends (Fridays to Sundays), at Tap Siac Square. The opening ceremony will be held on 16 November, at 6pm. The Craft Market features an array of diverse activities. All are welcome to participate and purchase cultural and creative products.
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In conjunction with the activities of 65^th Macau Grand Prix, the Taipa Houses under the Cultural Affairs Bureau will be temporarily closed to the public from 12pm on Saturday, 17 November, until the end of the same day. The entire area of the Taipa Houses (including Avenida da Praia) will be closed to the public on the designated day and access will be restricted to authorities and authorized vehicles.
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