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“Women Artists – 1st International Biennial of Macao” opens on International Women’s Day
Jointly organised by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Albergue SCM, the exhibition “Women Artists – 1st International Biennial of Macao” features 142 works from the 1970’s up to present created by 132 women artists from 23 countries and regions, including paintings, silkscreen printings, drawings, sculptures, installations and videos, among others. This exhibition aims to enhance the reputation of contemporary female artists and show the impact of their creative works on society and culture, as well as reveal the diverse roles of female identity, the multiple interpretations of women and artistic practices that transcend gender differences. The opening ceremony of the biennial will be held on Thursday, 8 March, at 6:30pm, on the 3rd floor of the MAM and is open to the general public.
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Gross domestic product for the 4th Quarter and the whole year of 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2017 benefited from the uptrend in exports of services and expanded by 8.0% year-on-year in real terms, higher than the 6.3% growth in the third quarter. External demand remained robust; the on-going considerable growth in the tourism and gaming industry drove up exports of services by 15.7% year-on-year, of which exports of gaming services and other tourism services grew by 16.3% and 15.4% respectively. The decline in investment persisted but narrowed, contracting by 14.2% year-on-year, whereas private consumption expenditure and government final consumption expenditure expanded by 2.7% and 5.1% respectively. The implicit deflator of GDP, which measures the overall changes in prices, went up by 3.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2017. The economic growth rates for the first, second and third quarters of 2017 were revised upwards to 11.5%, 11.0% and 6.3% respectively.
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Turning phone into charger UM receives Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper at ‘Chip Olympics’
The University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMS-VLSI) has achieved another breakthrough. The team has designed an innovative microelectronics chip, which can turn a wireless power receiver into a wireless power transmitter without additional hardware support. The paper received the 2017 Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 65th International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), commonly known as the ‘Chip Olympics’.
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Employment survey for November 2017 – January 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (1.8%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4%) dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (October-December 2017). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.4%, up by 0.1 percentage point.
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