In order to further advance Macao as the “Sino-Portuguese Platform” and the “Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Talent Training Base”, to promote Portuguese language and related scientific research results in Macao to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Portuguese-speaking countries of the Belt and Road Initiative, and to facilitate the sharing of electronic resources in Portuguese language teaching and research, the Centre for Portuguese Studies of Macao Polytechnic Institute launched the Portuguese textbook Global Portuguese and the academic journal Orientes do Português online last year. These have been widely welcomed by Portuguese language learners. The Centre continues to promote the digitalization of Portuguese language teaching materials and has launched an online platform for Portuguese language e-textbooks and Sino-Portuguese academic monographs (https://cpclp.ipm.edu.mo/). Interested parties are welcome to read and download them for free.
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A group of ten faculty members and students in the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently taught Portuguese language courses in three schools in Congjiang county, Guizhou province. The language courses were commissioned by the Education and Youth Development Bureau of Macao and aimed to increase Congjiang students’ interest in Portuguese language and culture and strengthen their language skills.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP209.8 billion (USD26.23 billion) at the end of June 2021. The reserves increased by 0.4% from the revised value of MOP208.8 billion (USD26.12 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-June 2021 represented 11 times the currency in circulation or 85.3% of pataca M2 at end-May 2021.
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The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government resolutely supports the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election in refusing – in line with requirements under the Legislative Assembly Election Law – five candidate lists involving 20 individuals, from taking part in the upcoming election.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the second quarter of 2021 dropped by 3.91% year-on-year to 116.93. The decrease was mainly attributable to lower hotel room rates and falling airfares; yet, it was partially offset by rising charges for restaurant services and dearer prices of clothing. Among the various sections of goods and services, price indices of Accommodation (-30.23%) and Transport & Communications (-9.96%) declined year-on-year, whereas the indices of Clothing & Footwear (+5.61%) and Restaurant Services (+4.44%) increased.
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【DST】9th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo culminated in success
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A four-month mega international cultural and artistic event, “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021” will be inaugurated on Thursday (15 July), on the 1^st floor of the Macao Museum of Art, presenting a movable feast of the city. On the occasion, the Main Exhibition themed “Advance and Retreat of Globalization” will also be inaugurated, with three exhibitions, distributed through various areas of the Macao Museum of Art, reflecting on the advances and retreats of globalization through the arts.
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