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UM, NYU Shanghai develop e-mental health mobile app for college students
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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Business climate survey on restaurants & similar establishments and retail trade for September 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 46% of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments reporting a year-on-year rise in receipts in September 2021, a growth of 14 percentage points from August; the corresponding proportions of Western Restaurants (58%) and Chinese Restaurants (63%) rose by 39 percentage points and 23 percentage points respectively. Meanwhile, the proportion of interviewed retailers recording a year-on-year sales rise in September increased by about 1 percentage point over the preceding month to 67%; the corresponding proportions of Department Stores (58%) and Adults’ Clothing Retailers (72%) grew by 8 percentage points and 7 percentage points from August respectively, while the shares of Supermarkets (44%) and Motor Vehicle Retailers (36%) fell by 11 percentage points and 9 percentage points. For the Business Performance Index (BPI) that reflects the trend of year-on-year changes in business receipts, the values for restaurants & similar establishments (56.3) and retail trade (71.2) were both higher than 50, implying that the business of these two industries in September fared better compared to the same month last year.
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Results of visitor expenditure survey for the 3rd Quarter of 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) boosted by 374.3% year-on-year to MOP4.80 billion in the third quarter of 2021, attributable to a surge of 143.6% in number of visitor arrivals and a growth of per-capita spending of visitors. Total spending of overnight visitors (MOP4.22 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP580 million) soared by 481.3% and 102.8% year-on-year respectively. In the first three quarters of 2021, total spending of visitors amounted to MOP18.14 billion, an uplift of 199.3% year-on-year.
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Government to optimise key social services and facilities to promote people’s wellbeing
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, assured legislators that the Government would do its utmost regarding the development of the Islands District Medical Complex, advancement of Macao as a smart city, and introduction of new flood prevention facilities, in a bid to improve the overall wellbeing of Macao residents.
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Greater integration of Macao and Hengqin creates fresh opportunities for Macao’s economic diversification
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, said the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was committed to promoting nascent industries – including high and new technology, and traditional Chinese medicine – within the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone, as part of Macao’s economic diversification effort.
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[infographic] 17 November 2021 health quarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers
Healthquarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of differentidentities.
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CMS holds seminar to discuss SAR government’s policy address for 2022
The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) today (17 November) held a seminar titled ‘Policy Address for the Fiscal Year 2022 of Macau SAR’. During the event, experts and scholars discussed the policy address and provided suggestions for the government. Participants agree that the government has a balanced vision during the pandemic. Key issues discussed at the seminar include anti-pandemic measures, the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone (Cooperation Zone) in Hengqin, and the development of the gaming industry.
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Private sector construction and real estate transactions for the 3rd quarter of 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 2,122 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the third quarter of 2021 as per Stamp Duty record, and the total value of transactions was MOP13.34 billion, down by 22.3% and 16.6% respectively quarter-to-quarter.
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UM scholar’s article on environmental economics published in top international journal
A research article co-authored by Aileen Lam, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (UM), has been published in Nature Energy, a leading international journal with an impact factor of 60.858, which mainly publishes the best research studies on energy. The articles published in this journal deal not only with the generation and distribution of energy, but also with the impacts of energy technologies and policies on different societies.
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