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In response to this year’s International Museum Day, 17 Macao museums co-organize a large-scale annual museum event, the “2017 Macao International Museum Day Carnival” themed “The Mobile Museum – Red MarketX Drunken Dragon Festival”. The press conference was held on Wednesday, 19 April, at the Macao Science Centre Convention Hall. Representatives of each museum also presented and introduced excellent activities featured in this year’s Carnival. The opening ceremony will be held on 3 May, at 10:30am, at the Red Market (Mercado Municipal Almirante Lacerda). Representatives of cultural entities from Guangdong Province and of the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau and its respective museums were invited to participate in the ceremony. The general public is welcome to attend the ceremony.
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The process for the 2017 Legislative Assembly Election has started and interested individuals may form respective nomination committees for the purpose of contesting directly-elected Legislative Assembly seats.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in April on 19 April for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Horte e Costa, Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua da Emenda areas in Santo António Parish.
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In the Illustration Contest, organized by the CommunicationsMuseum and Maritime Museum, a total of 234 pieces of creative works were received. The list of winners is as follows:
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly on Friday (21 April) and answer legislators’ questions on Government policy and social issues.
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According to the figures provided by the Public Security Police Force, Macao registered a total of 427,000 visitor arrivals (excluding non-resident workers and students) during the four-day Easter holidays (14 – 17 April), marking an increase of 5.6% compared with the last Easter holidays in 2016. Total visitor arrivals from the Greater China markets increased by 5.1% to a record of 384,000. The percentage of growth was recorded as 6.5% and 4.1% for the Mainland and Hong Kong markets, whereas Taiwanese visitor arrivals in Macao dropped by 10.3%. For visitor arrivals from the other markets, a double-digit growth of 10.9% was recorded.
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The “5^th GSMA Wholesale Agreement & Solutions Working Group” (hereinafter “WAS#5”) was hosted in the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central from 27 to 30 March. This event attracted more than 1000 attendees representing telecommunication operators from around 70 countries and regions. Terrence Leung, the organizer of WAS#5, stated that this is the second time WAS#5 was held in Asia, with Macao being this edition’s chosen city. He indicated that the strength of Macao’s exhibition industry had increased substantially, and the support from a number of policies and the “One-stop” conference package make Macao a more attractive destination than other Asian regions.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and co-organised by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, the “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 21 to 23 April and from 28 to 30 April for two consecutive weekends (Friday to Sunday), at Tap Siac Square, featuring a variety of cultural and creative products from the local community and seven neighbouring areas. In addition, nearly 40 workshops and several music performances and the 2^ndAward Ceremony and Concert of the Subsidy Programme for the Production of Original Song Albums will be held. All are welcome to participate and enjoy the fun of creative works and the lively atmosphere of the event.
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For the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June, Consumer Council on 18 April collects prices of fresh pork from wet markets and supermarkets for consumers’ reference. The mentioned data collected during 12 April to 18 April are 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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Consumers usually purchase water vouchers in advance for ordering bottled water at different times. In a recent survey conducted by the Consumer Council, it is found that no expiry dates are printed on these vouchers by the water suppliers, the Council indicates that expiry dates are important information to consumers exercising their rights, water suppliers are reminded to state clearly the relevant information on their vouchers to safeguard consumer rights.
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