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The Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ of the second-half of September on 18 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 14 supermarkets in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo), the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app, or the Council’s WeChat account.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) reminds employers to pay contributions of the obligation system for their employees on time. If the payment is late, the employer must pay a late payment interest and can be fined. If an employee leaves the company, his or her employer must report to the FSS in time and stop paying contributions for the departing employee. Otherwise, such improper payment may constitute an act of false reporting of a labour relationship.
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An international seminar titled ‘Multilingualism in Greater China, Asia and Beyond: Policies, Mobility and Transculturality’, co-organised by the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC) under the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Chair of Language Policies for Multilingualism at UM, will open on Wednesday 25 September. During the event, experts and scholars from different parts of the world with share the latest research results in multilingualism education. All are welcome.
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The Seac Pai Van Library, under the Macao Public Library of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 24 September, at 10:30am, introducing the latest facilities and services of the library. The Library will officially open after the opening ceremony, providing residents quality reading experience and reading space.
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The CCAC has received a complaint from the chairman and members of the Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association, where they alleged that the SAR Government had breached its initial commitment that the Pearl Horizon parcel would be put out to public tender and that the replacement housing proposal put forward by the Government was unable to solve the problems concerning Pearl Horizon completely. They insisted taking over the properties according to the “original legal procedures, duty certificates and horizontal property records” and requested the CCAC to look into the matter.
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As part of the celebrations for the 20^th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Macao International Fireworks Display Contest (“the Contest”) at its 30^th edition this year, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) organized the first Seminar of Designing and Producing Fireworks as one of the new program highlights this year.
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Macao was one of the cities invited to showcase the example of UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy at a panel during the first UNESCO World Forum on Food and Culture, held September 12 and 13, in Parma, Italy. The event brought together government officials, international organizations, representatives and experts from around the world to discuss about “Culture and Food: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Development”.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total receipts of the gaming sector increased by 13.7% year-on-year to MOP304.71 billion. Receipts from Gaming & Related Services grew by 13.6% year-on-year to MOP304.18 billion, with receipts from gaming (MOP302.86 billion) rising by 13.6%, whereas those from food & beverage (MOP541 million) dropping by 4.6%. Interest receipts leapt by 258.3% year-on-year to MOP526 million, on account of an upsurge in deposits and loans granted by enterprises.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP169.8 billion (USD21.02 billion) at the end of August 2019. The reserves increased by 1.7% from the revised value of MOP166.9 billion (USD20.71 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-August 2019 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 81.1% of pataca M2 at end-July 2019.
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Organizers of the Suncity Group 66^th Macau Grand Prix, which will be held from 14-17 November 2019, held a press conference today (September 12^th) at the Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre to announce updates for this year’s event.
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