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The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has recently completed the initial review of the “2018 Subsidy Programme for Fashion Design on Sample Making”. A total of 21 applications were received, and the adjudicating panel selected 15 entrants for the second review. Each candidate eligible for the second review will be granted a subsidy up to a maximum amount of MOP170,000 to cover expenses of sample making and production of promotional materials.
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The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) endeavors to provide Macao citizens with convenient services in line with the policy objective of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government. Starting from today (26^th October 2018), DSI officially launched multi-service counters for citizens to lodge application for various identification documents in only one counter.
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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%) for July-September 2018 remained stable as in the previous period (June-August 2018). The underemployment rate was 0.4%, down by 0.2 percentage points.
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Upon completion of the investigation by the CCAC, the President of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), together with a department chief of the Pension Fund (a former chief of the IPIM’s Residency Application and Legal Affairs Division), were transferred to the judiciary yesterday, owing to their alleged commission of duty-related crimes in the process of vetting and approving the applications for immovables investment immigration, major investment immigration and technical immigration. With the intervention of the competent judicial body, compulsory measures have been imposed on the aforesaid suspects, including suspension of public office and restriction from departure.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 25 October 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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Over the past two decades, the University of Macau (UM) has developed various innovative translation systems, such as the PCT, a Chinese/Portuguese translation system; the Um²T, an online interactive Chinese/Portuguese machine translation system; and the next-generation online Chinese/Portuguese translation platform, which is expected to be launched onto the market by the end of this year. These innovative translation systems reflect UM’s effort to help build Macao into a service platform for business collaboration between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
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The University of Macau (UM) and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority signed a strategic collaboration agreement on promoting technological innovations. According to the agreement, both parties will jointly carry out research projects to advance transport technology. They also plan to jointly establish a research centre for engineering technology. Both parties will deepen collaboration on the operation and maintenance of large-scale transport infrastructure and will increase the exchange of scientific research data and results, in order to promote technological advances in transport infrastructure.
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The 32^nd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), presents the concert Christian Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden, on 27 and 28 October, at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, leading the audience to experience Schumann’s romantic poetry and enthusiasm, exceptional concerts not to be missed.
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