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Moderated increases in antenatal and birth delivery charges at Conde S. Januário Hospital for certain groups of non-resident workers
The Government plans to modify the rate at which increased fees will be levied on certain categories of expectant mothers who are non-resident workers and that wish to use antenatal and birth delivery services at the Conde S. Januário Hospital.
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Government receives notice of operational event at Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station
The Unitary Police Service received a notice on Monday (19 March) regarding an operational event at Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, in Guangdong Province.
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Consumer Council released latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ in Taipa and Coloane area
Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 20 March for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 12 supermarkets in Taipa and Coloane area.
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UM scholar appointed UNESCO Chair of Language Policies for Multilingualism
Roberval Teixeira e Silva, director of the Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies at the University of Macau (UM), who is also an assistant professor from the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), has been appointed institutional coordinator of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair of Language Policies for Multilingualism at the university.
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Government response to media enquiry about horse racing concession
The Government has confirmed that the city’s horse racing concessionaire, Macau Horse Race Company Ltd, has been paying its yearly rent for leasing Government land.
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GGCT withdraws Travel Alert for Bali
Given that the situation of the Agung volcano in Bali has stabilized, the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) withdrew the Travel Alert for that destination.
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“Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018” list unveiled in Macao next week
Top chefs and restaurateurs from across Asia will gather in Macao for the announcement of “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018” list and related events, running from March 25 to 27. Organized with the support of Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the hosting of the world famous gourmet awards ceremony in the city is one of the highlight events of “2018 Macao Year of Gastronomy”, following Macao's designation as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.
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Survey on information technology usage in the household sector for 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the number of households using the Internet in 2017 increased by 1,200 year-on-year to 168,800, accounting for 88.1% of the total households. Households using fibre optic broadband connection kept rising, up by 35.7% year-on-year to 105,700, which made up 62.6% of the total households using the Internet, and thus led to a decline of 30.8% in the number of households using fixed broadband connection (49,300).
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