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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 115 hotels & guesthouses were open for business in August 2021, a decrease of 1 year-on-year; meanwhile, number of available guest rooms increased by 2.8% to 36,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms rose by 25.1 percentage points year-on-year to 38.4%; yet, it represented a month-on-month drop of 25.3 percentage points on account of the temporarily tightened entry and exit requirements in August.
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Macao Municipal Affairs Bureau and the Social Welfare Bureau (SWB) have set up a special support team to maintain and support the restricted areas with red and yellow code. Apart from the daily provision of three meals to the residents of the red code area, service points are also set up for collection and distribution of supplies in the red code area to facilitate the transfer of supplies from relatives and friends to the residents. At the same time, the SWB makes phone calls to the residents of the red and yellow code areas regularly to convey their sympathy, to better understand the needs of relevant residents and to provide appropriate assistance. For residents with the yellow code, who do not have access to restaurants, supermarkets and so on, the SWB can provide them more information for online purchase of daily supplies and food ordering. For senior citizens or persons with special needs who cannot or do not know how to use online channels for purchase and ordering, the SWB can assist or teach them to use the relevant online services; for the special items that cannot be purchased through the above channels, the SWB will provide purchase services for them in collaboration with nearby social organisations in the community.
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre (hereinafter referred to as “the Centre”) said that the health codes of individuals who have not taken a COVID-19 test within the time limit have been changed to yellow, and again urges all relevant persons to book for self-paid test immediately (Link for booking: https://eservice.ssm.gov.mo/rnatestbook/V21/) or else they shall be subject to medical observation at a designated venue for 14 days under relevant regulations.
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In line with the SAR Government’s epidemic prevention and control measures, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), will cancel various arts and cultural performances, including “The Butterfly Lovers”. Due to the impact of the pandemic, the performing groups were unable to visit Macao. The “Performance to Celebrate the 72^nd Anniversary of the National Day of the People’s Republic of China” - Contemporary Acrobatic Show “The Butterfly Lovers”, scheduled for 1 October, will be cancelled. OM Young Friends Concert “Classical Express – Rhythm of Tango” by Macao Orchestra scheduled for 30 September, and the concert “Chen Sa” Piano Recital, integrated in the Macao International Music Festival – Music October, scheduled for 3 October, will also be cancelled.
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During 25^th September to the noon on 28^th, there is a total of 454 serviced persons, including 351 male and 103 female, in the Temporary Shelter of Social Welfare Bureau located at Rua Leste da Ilha Verde, Edifício do Bairro da Ilha Verde. Among them, the largest number of serviced persons reached 164 persons a day, mainly were the employees who originally lived in Mainland China.
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In view of the state of immediate prevention which the Macao SAR Government is still undergoing at the moment, the Civil Protection Operations Centre calls on the public that they must not deliberately fabricate and disseminate the related false information, and intend to arouse public fear or disturbance, or spread the related information even though they are fully aware that they are false enough to give rise to public fear or disturbance, otherwise they may contravene Article 26 of Law no. 11/2020 (Civil Protection Legal Regime) and assume criminal liability. Members of the public are advised to stay tuned to the official messages and information and must not believe in rumours.
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In order to support the citywide nucleic acid test (NAT) plan for the entire population, Social Welfare Bureau and Health Bureau together cooperate with Macao Federation of Trade Unions to organize “Macao SAR Government Outreach NAT Service Team”. On 27^th September 2021, the team provided the outreach NAT service for 1,612 elderly and disabled persons with reduced mobility who are living in 18 facilities. Today the team is providing the service for the rest of about 900 persons, in order to complete the outreach NAT service for the total of 2500 residential persons who are separately living in 28 residential facilities.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for June-August 2021 was 2.8% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 3.7%, down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous period (May-July 2021). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 3.7%.
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