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Prof Wong Pak Kin, associate dean (academic affairs) of the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), was recently elected fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), in recognition of his contributions to the academic and engineering community. Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the institution. Three other UM faculty members are current fellows of the HKIE. They are Rector Wei Zhao, Vice Rector (Academic Affairs) LionelNi, and FST Dean Philip Chen.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to “FSS” in Macao) reminds members of the public that beneficiaries currently receiving old-age or disability pension from the FSS are required to provide the proof of life in January each year and 106,000 people will be involved for the year 2018. Beneficiaries who have registered to receive SMS alerts will receive the relevant SMS notification, and unregistered beneficiaries may also register for the service when they provide the proof of life in person.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 24.6% year-on-year to 917,000 in November 2017, with a month-to-month increase of 14.8%. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (744,000), the Republic of Korea (48,000) and Taiwan (46,000) went up by 26.2%, 41.5% and 23.0% respectively year-on-year. In the first eleven months of 2017, visitors on package tours totalled 7,721,000, up by 12.9% year-on-year.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that both the general unemployment rate (1.9%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.6%) for September-November 2017 remained stable as in the previous period (August-October 2017). The underemployment rate was 0.4%, down by 0.1 percentage point.
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Mr. Orlando Monteiro da Silva, former president of FDI World Dental Federation, recently received his Letter of Appointment from Secretary for Economy and Finance, Leong Vai Tac, to act as one of Macao´s six “Conference Ambassadors”. Mr. da Silva believes that, due to several factors, such as an excellent geographical location, convenient transportation, perfect conference facilities and relatively high level of safety, Macao could attract more international conventions. Furthermore, Mr. da Silva stressed that he will actively develop his own charisma in order to boost the development of Macao´s convention industry, helping the city to find more business opportunities. Thanks to his assistance, ICD Macao Congress 2018 will be held here next year.
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For the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June, Consumer Council collected prices of fresh pork from wet markets and supermarkets on 27 December for consumers’ reference. The data collected during 20 December to 26 December are also used for comparing the average selling price of the same products from Zhuhai. The relevant data has been uploaded to the Council’s website for consumers’ reference.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2017 amounted to MOP1.00 billion, up by 26.0% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP841 million) increased by 36.4%, with that of Articles for casino surging by 651.6%; meanwhile, value of domestic exports (MOP163 million) slid by 9.5%, with that of Tobacco falling by 40.3%. Total merchandise import rose by 11.3% year-on-year to MOP7.57 billion, of which imports of Construction materials and Handbags & wallets expanded by 44.7% and 35.9% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in November amounted to MOP6.57 billion.
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The Macao Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents multimedia circus Bosch Dreams and the world music concert Anoushka Shankar – “Land of Gold”. Both shows will be staged at the Grand Auditorium on March 18 and 20, 2018, respectively.
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