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Prof Chen Fangze, associate professor from the Centre for Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently received the Development Contribution Award from the International Association of Chinese-Japanese Contrastive Linguistics (IACJCL) at the Tenth Symposium on Chinese-Japanese Contrastive Linguistics held at Suzhou University, for his outstanding contributions to research on Chinese-Japanese contrastive linguistics and the development of the association.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the second quarter of 2018. Survey coverage comprises Wholesale & Retail Trade; Transport, Storage & Communications; Security Activities and Public Sewage & Refuse Disposal Activities; however, own-account workers are excluded.
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To fully deliver the function of its mechanism in pushing forward Macao’s transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure, the Joint Working Committee on Tourism to Support the Development of Macao into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure (referred to as the “Joint Working Committee”) convened the 2018 Annual Work Meeting in Beijing today (28 August). Leaders and officials representing about ten entities concerned, including the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region, discussed a range of topics and exchanged views on pertinent tasks during the meeting.
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The University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City recently held a seminar on smart grid technologies for smart cities. This is the first event organised by the lab since UM received approval from the central government to establish the lab. The event received assistance from Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of Macau, and the IEEE Macau Power and Energy Society/Power Electronics Society Joint Chapter. Experts and scholars from Macao, mainland China, and overseas attended the seminar and discussed the latest developments of technologies in sustainable energy, energy internet, electricity market, and smart grid equipment dispatch.
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The Suncity Group 65^th Macau Grand Prix will be held from November 15^th to 18^th 2018.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 327 MICE events were held in the second quarter of 2018, including 316 meetings & conferences, 9 exhibitions and 2 incentives. Total number of events decreased by 6 year-on-year, while number of participants and attendees increased by 1.7% to 411,000.
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The Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) was informed by Airport Operations Department this morning that at about 11:16 on 28 August in the Macau International Airport (MIA), an aircraft of Beijing Capital Airlines JD5759 from Beijing to Macao carrying 157 passengers encountered technical issue at its final approach to land at Macau International Airport resulting go-around. Macau International Airport immediately declared emergency and activated the airport emergency operations centre, the Fire Services arrived on spot to standby. The flight was finally diverted and landed in Shenzhen International Airport. Macau International Airport has deactivated emergency. The cause of the incident is still under investigation. The Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) is investigating the incident case with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
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The Government has proposed setting up a National Security Committee to coordinate Macao’s effort in safeguarding national security and protecting the well-being of the community.
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