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Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 25 February for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in Sé Parish. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) or the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission completed its 12-day visit to Macao SAR on 25 February 2019 and preliminarily concluded the SAR’s macroeconomic and financial assessments.
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The Institute for Tourism Studies(IFT)’s Bachelor Degree Programme emphasises on the balance between theory and practice. Students are required to complete certain hours of practical tasks related to their specialisations every year. One of the tasks given to the Tourism Business Management students is to provide free guided tour to tourists and local residents.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, will visit on Thursday (28 February) to Beijing, where he will attend a meeting – to be held on Friday (1 March) – of the Central Government’s leading group for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area).
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The University of Macau (UM) today (22 February) held a UM Doctor honoris causa Lecture, titled ‘Healthcare and Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence’. Prof Joseph Sung, an honorary doctor of UM and a world-renowned scientist, was the keynote speaker. The talk attracted many UM students, secondary school teachers and students, experts, scholars, industry practitioners, and prominent members of the community. During the talk, Prof Sung envisioned a future where artificial intelligence is inextricably linked to one’s everyday life and what one can do to ensure healthy development physically, emotionally, and spiritually in an era of artificial intelligence.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) has earned accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), becoming the first business school in Macao to be accredited by the association. The accreditation shows recognition of the FBA’s pursuit of continuous improvement in teaching and research as well as its calibre as a leading business school in the world.
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A team from the University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI and Institute of Microelectronics presented their research findings at the 66^th International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) held from 17 February to 21 February in San Francisco, the United States. Eight papers from UM were accepted at this year’s conference, ranking the university second in the world in microelectronics research, along with Mediatek and the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, next only to Intel. This shows international recognition of UM and its leading position in the field in Asia.
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Electronic counting of votes is again to be used in the process for selecting part of the membership of the Chief Executive Election Committee, in order to expedite the counting procedure.
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