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Celebration of the International Translation Day by Macao Polytechnic Institute
The Macao Polytechnic Institute has joyfully held a celebration of the International Translation Day on September 27, 2018. Since 1953, the International Federation of Translators and other translation practitioners across the world have celebrated this occasion in many different ways. Then in 2017, a UN Resolution officially designated September 30 of each year as the International Translation Day. The official theme of this year's International Translation Day is "Translation: Promoting cultural heritage in changing times." Three students from MPI's International Chinese Language Education program, Chinese-Portuguese Translation program and Chinese-English Translation program took turns to announce the theme out loud to the audience in three languages: Mandarin, Portuguese and English. The rundown of the celebration included a drama performance that was entirely written and directed by the students themselves, a poetry recital, and the performance of "A New Story of Liangshanbo and Zhu Yingtai" by students from Portuguese-speaking countries. The students' great performance is testimony to their competence and confidence in speaking the three languages of Chinese, Portuguese and English.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for August 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours totalled 785,000 in August 2018, up by 12.4% year-on-year and 3.3% month-to-month. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (611,000) rose by 6.8% year-on-year, and those from the Republic of Korea (56,000) and Taiwan (63,000) surged by 66.5% and 91.1% respectively. In the first eight months of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 5,813,000, up by 10.7% year-on-year.
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Consumer Council released specific price survey results on diapers, OTC drugs, and milk powder
Consumer Council conducted its specific price survey on diapers, over-the-counter drugs, and milk powder on 28 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Results of the mentioned survey has been uploaded to the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo), it is also available on the Council’s “Posto das Informações de Preços em Macau” iPhone and Android apps, as well as on the Council’s WeChat account page.
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29th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest unveils winners on National Day China Team brings home championship
The 29th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest culminated in splendour tonight (1 October), the National Day. Liuyang New Year Fireworks Trading Co., Ltd from China won the championship, followed by the fireworks teams Marutamaya Ogatsu Fireworks Co., Ltd. from Japan and Potsdamer Feuerwerk GmbH from Germany as the first and second runners-up.
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Government monitoring possible impact on Coloane of new shelter for greyhounds
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today stressed the Government has been closely monitoring any possible impact on the nearby community caused by a new animal shelter in Coloane due to house retired greyhounds.
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