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“Craft Market in the Greater Bay Area” and “Macao Fashion Pop-up Store” open in Guangzhou
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the “Craft Market in the Greater Bay Area” will be held from today (23 August) to 25 August in Guangzhou. Nearly 70 cultural and creative brands from Macao and mainland China will display and sell their products, and multiple music shows will be staged. The “Macao Fashion Pop-up Store” will be launched in parallel from today to 1 September. The public is welcome to visit the event.
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Over 100 experts from home and abroad discuss smart city development at UM
The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) of the University of Macau (UM) held the 4th Macao International Conference on Smart City Technologies. Themed ‘Powering Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Innovations in AIOT’, this year’s conference brought together more than 100 experts and scholars from home and abroad to explore key strategies, cutting-edge interdisciplinary theories, key technologies, and applications for smart city development.
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UM SKL-IOTSC holds academic committee meeting
The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) of the University of Macau (UM) held the first meeting of its second academic committee. Experts and scholars attended the meeting to discuss the development and future direction of the laboratory.
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Macao’s composite interest rates – 2nd Quarter 2024
According to statistics released today (23 August) by the Monetary Authority of Macao, funding costs of the banking sector in Macao generally retreated in the second quarter of 2024.
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Consumer price index (CPI) for July 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI for July 2024 rose by 0.82% year-on-year. Among the various sections of goods and services, the price indices of Education (+5.03%), Miscellaneous Goods & Services (+2.60%) and Health (+2.28%) saw notable year-on-year growth. In addition, the price indices of Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages (+0.91%) and Housing & Fuels (+0.60%) went up owing to higher charges for eating out, rising rentals for dwellings and dearer prices of liquefied petroleum gas. On the other hand, the price indices of Transport (-1.53%) and Household Furnishings & Services (-0.19%) dropped. The CPI-A and CPI-B recorded respective growth of 0.79% and 0.87% year-on-year.
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The registration period for the exchange of four previously issued Zodiac banknotes terminating next Friday (30 August)
The online registration period for the exchange of four previously issued Zodiac Banknotes (including the Rat, Ox, Tiger and Rabbit Zodiac Banknotes) will end at 6:00pm on 30 August 2024 (Friday). The Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind those citizens who are interested in exchanging for the said banknotes to complete the registration process as soon as possible.
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Gross Domestic Product for the first half of 2024
GDP increased by 15.7% year-on-year in real terms in the first half of 2024, surpassing MOP200 billion again since the last time in the first half of 2019
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