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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for May - July 2019 increased by 0.3% over the previous period (April - June 2019) to 269.3. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (271.4) and Taipa & Coloane (260.4) rose by 0.1% and 1.3% respectively.
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The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong Vai Tac, today had meetings while in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with respectively, local officials and ones from Sichuan Province, in a bid to exchange views on how to bolster cooperation.
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The Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ of the first-half of September on 5 September for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 14 supermarkets in Nossa Senhora de Fátima Parish. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo), the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app, or the Council’s WeChat account.
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With the steady increase of its international reputation and the quality of its teaching and research, the University of Macau (UM) is attracting more and more students from around the world. In this academic year (2019/2020 academic year), UM received more than 13,000 applications for its undergraduate programmes, up nearly 30 per cent from last year, hitting a new high in the university’s history. The number of applicants from the nine cities in Guangdong province, which is part of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), increased 46 per cent from last year. Through a merits-based selection process, 2,041 of the applicants were accepted, which is similar to the number from last year. In addition, the number of outstanding students admitted by UM also hits a new high this year. 348 outstanding students were admitted this year through the Principals’ Recommended Admission Scheme. Mainland students admitted by UM this year scored an average of 18.6 per cent higher than the admission marks required by tier-one universities for their respective provinces and cities, which is also a record number in the university’s history.
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This year, the University of Macau (UM) admitted 24 outstanding local student athletes through the Outstanding Student-Athletes Admission Scheme. Grace Chau, director of the Office of Sports Affairs at UM, says that the scheme aims to award outstanding student athletes from Macao who have attained outstanding achievements and to encourage them to excel in their studies and create new records in their sports.
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The Chief Executive-elect, Mr Ho Iat Seng, will be in the capital from 10-12 September to receive the Order of the State Council confirming the official appointment as the fifth-term Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
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The number of suspected crime cases reported in Macao in the first half of 2019 fell by 2.8 percent year-on-year, to 6,920 cases. Instances of the most serious forms of crime continued to be either non-existent, or extremely low in number.
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Given that the situation in Sri Lanka has attenuated, the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) lowered the Travel Alert to Level 1.
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The repair works on the outdoor canopies and fountain of the Maritime Museum will commence on 6 September 2019. To ensure safety, the esplanade will be temporarily closed to the public while the repair works take place, until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, broad money supply continued to fall in July with a stable share of patacas. Meanwhile, both resident deposits and loans dropped from a month earlier.
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