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The Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMS-VLSI Lab) at the University of Macau (UM) recently held its fourth meeting, which involved both in-person and virtual elements. During the meeting, committee members reviewed the current development of the lab. They recognised the lab’s development direction and provided suggestions for its future development as well as the commercialisation of its research results.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 32.9% year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter of 2021. The economy of Macao has showed positive growth for two consecutive quarters. Exports of services surged by 181.3% year-on-year in the third quarter, driven by a rebound in number of visitor arrivals; exports of gaming services and other tourism services soared by 302.6% and 303.3% respectively. Exports of goods recorded a year-on-year growth of 51.4%. Meanwhile, domestic demand edged down by 0.7% year-on-year, as the increase in private consumption partially offset the decline in government final consumption expenditure and gross fixed capital formation. Imports of goods rose by 43.7% and imports of services went up by 16.0%.
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Industrial structure reflects the relative importance of various industries in terms of their respective value-added contribution to the economy. Value added refers to the value created in the process of production by an economic activity (e.g. a sector or an industry), i.e. the value of goods and services produced by the economic activity, less the value of goods and services consumed in the production process. Sectors of industries are classified as primary (e.g. fishing, agriculture and animal husbandry), secondary (e.g. mining & quarrying, industrial production and construction) and tertiary (i.e. service sector, such as wholesale & retail trade, restaurants & similar activities, financial activities and gaming).
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Healthquarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of differentidentities.
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Infographic: Macao Health Code (App)
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In response to the SAR Government’s electronic service initiative and to provide more convenient measures for the public, the Macao Public Library, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), launched a self-service holds pickup system, so as to facilitate the public’s access to library resources and services. Currently, self-service holds pickup lockers are available at the Macao Central Library, the Taipa Library, the Seac Pai Van Library, the S. Lourenço Library and the Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Areia Preta Urban Park.
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Organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), “Macao Light Festival 2021 – Travellers from Mars” will light up different communities across Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane with light installations, interactive games and projection mapping shows from 4 December 2021 to 2 January 2022, weaving together “tourism + culture and creativity” for economic revival in communities, and filling the festive holidays with sparkling memories for residents and visitors.
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The University of Macau (UM) and New York University Shanghai (NYU Shanghai) have jointly developed ‘Step by Step’, a mobile application for monitoring users’ mental health. Designed for university students with mental health issues, the mobile app is expected to provide reliable and effective self-help methods for its users. A follow-up project also kicked off today (18 November).
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