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UM professor appointed editor-in-chief of Asian Journal of Social Psychology
Allan B I Bernardo, a professor from the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (UM), has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology, effective from 1 January 2018.
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Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre will reopen to the public from 31st January 2018
The Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre, an affiliated gallery of the Macao Museum of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, suffered extensive damage, both indoors and outdoors, caused by typhoon Hato last year. In order to ensure the public’s safety and ensure the provision of quality services, a comprehensive assessment of the building and a series of repair works were carried out. Upon conclusion of these works, the Centre will reopen to the public from 31st January 2018.
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“Coordination Service for Filming Permit Application” launched officially
In order to simplify the procedures for local and foreign filmmakers to apply for filming in Macao, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), in collaboration with a number of public services, officially launched the “Coordination Service for Filming Permit Application” (hereinafter referred to as the “Coordination Service”) today. IC shall serve as the responsible public service for receiving all filming applications submitted by the filmmakers and, subsequently, refer the applications to the participating public services in the network for follow-up.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for December 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 27.8% year-on-year to 912,000 in December 2017, but edged down by 0.4% month-to-month. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (746,000), the Republic of Korea (45,000) and Taiwan (52,000) surged by 32.1%, 23.8% and 34.8% respectively year-on-year. For the whole year of 2017, visitors on package tours totalled 8,633,000, up by 14.3% year-on-year.
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Macao has sufficient flu vaccine to cover its residents
The Government pledges Macao has sufficient seasonal influenza vaccine for its residents, adding that an extra 40,000 doses is expected to arrive in batches over the following two days.
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Macao Orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Lu Jia, conducts My Fatherland in the concert “Great Symphonic Poems”
The Macao Orchestra (OM, from the Portuguese acronym), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents the concert “Great Symphonic Poems” on Friday, 2 February, at 8pm, at St. Dominic’s Church. Under the baton of OM’s Principal Conductor, Lu Jia, the Orchestra presents the work My Fatherland, a cycle of six symphonic poems by 19th century composer Bedrich Smetana. Admission is free.
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