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CE affirms contribution of local Macanese community
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today spoke highly of the local Macanese community’s contribution to the development of Macao, saying the community’s culture was one of the elements that made Macao a world centre of tourism and leisure.
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IPIM Organized Workshop and Seminar to Enhance the Level of Local Convention and Exhibition Industry
This morning (Jan. 30), the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) organized a “Macao MICE Industry Workshop - Best Practice in Site Inspections and Developing Products for the MICE Industry”. In the afternoon, a “Seminar with Public Security Police Force of Macao (CPSP) – Information Session for Convention and Exhibition Industry” was held in collaboration with the CPSP. Both events took place at the Multifunction Conference Room of Macao Business Support Centre (or MBSC, managed by IPIM), located at the 19th Floor of China Civil Plaza Building, Alameda Dr. Carlos d´Assumpção, and attracted over 50 representatives of the hotel industry, convention and exhibition centres, professional event organizers and destination management companies. According to the participants, the two events were very practical and helped to enhance the professional level of the MICE industry.
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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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