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MICE statistics for the 3rd quarter of 2019
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of MICE events held in the third quarter of 2019 increased by 30 year-on-year to 341, including 320 meetings & conferences, 17 exhibitions and 4 incentives. Number of participants and attendees totalled 583,000, a drop of 16.3% year-on-year.
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Transport and communications statistics for October 2019
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 239,631 as at end-October 2019, a slight increase of 0.4% year-on-year. Light automobiles (108,837) and heavy motorcycles (99,295) rose by 1.2% and 2.3% respectively, whereas light motorcycles (24,171) went down by 8.5%. New registration of motor vehicles in October dropped by 3.8% year-on-year to 974, with heavy motorcycles (437) reducing by 17.9% while light automobiles (510) rising by 13.8%. In the first ten months of 2019, new registration of motor vehicles decreased by 14.9% year-on-year to 10,129. Number of traffic accidents went down by 11.5% year-on-year to 1,034 in October, involving 343 victims and 1 of them was killed. In the first ten months, there were 11,272 traffic accidents which resulted in 3,722 casualties, including 8 deaths.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for October 2019
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours declined by 35.3% year-on-year to 509,000 in October 2019. Apart from an increase of 19.2% in package tour visitors from Malaysia (5,500), all other countries/places registered decreases, with those from mainland China (380,000), the Republic of Korea (33,000), Hong Kong (6,100) and Taiwan (60,000) dropping by 38.5%, 37.6%, 42.5% and 3.6% respectively. In the first ten months of 2019, number of package tour visitors totalled 7,292,000, which was similar to the corresponding figure in 2018.
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Results of survey on manpower needs and wages for the 3rd quarter 2019
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages for the third quarter of 2019. Survey coverage for this quarter comprises Manufacturing; Hotels; Restaurants; Insurance; Financial Intermediation Activities; Electricity, Gas & Water Supply; Child-care and Elderly Care. This survey excludes the self-employed, as well as insurance agents and brokers not directly employed by insurance companies.
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External merchandise trade statistics for October 2019
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for October 2019 amounted to MOP1.17 billion, up by 9.6% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP1.04 billion) increased by 10.9%, with that of Machines, apparatus & parts rising by 34.5%. Value of domestic exports (MOP126 million) edged up by 0.2%, with that of Garments surging by 171.7%. Total merchandise import grew by 3.9% year-on-year to MOP8.76 billion, of which imports of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products, Construction materials and Handbags & wallets expanded by 60.0%, 21.5% and 19.2% respectively; meanwhile, imports of Mobile phones, Fuels & lubricants and Motor cars & motorcycles dropped by 18.6%, 10.4% and 9.8% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in October totalled MOP7.59 billion.
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UM professor Jia Weijia elected IEEE fellow
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has released its 2020 fellow list. University of Macau (UM) professor Jia Weijia has made the list. The fellowship is testament to Prof Jia’s outstanding contributions in the fields of routing protocol optimisation and matching networks.
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Government exempted from income tax on investments in mainland
The Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) will be exempted from income tax when investing in the mainland, once a new protocol under the Mainland-Macao agreement to avoid double taxation comes into effect.
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