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As consumption by citizens and the number of inbound tourists are expected to increase during Lunar New Year, the Consumer Council held a meeting before the festival with Economic Services Bureau (DSE), Macao Government Tourist Office (DST), Transport Bureau (DSAT), Judiciary Police (PJ), Public Security Police Force (PSP), Macao Custom Service, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), Health Bureau (SS) and Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) to discuss on the protection of consumer rights for local citizens as well as inbound tourists.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average daily wage of construction workers decreased continuously, down by 1.4% quarter-to-quarter to MOP752 in the fourth quarter of 2018. The average daily wage of non-resident construction workers (MOP622) dropped by 1.9%, while that of local construction workers (MOP986) rose by 1.6% quarter-to-quarter.
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Two teams from the University of Macau’ (UM) English Debating Team recently participated in the Thailand Debate Open 2019 held in Bangkok. Both teams made it to the final stage and one of the teams reached the quarter-final. This year’s event attracted debating teams from Peking University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Taylor’s University in Malaysia, SolBridge International School of Business in South Korea, and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, broad money supply continued to grow in December with a stable share of patacas. Meanwhile, both resident deposits and loans increased from a month earlier.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for December 2018 amounted to MOP1.04 billion, up by 15.4% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP923 million) increased by 23.8%, with that of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products surging by 322.1%. However, value of domestic exports (MOP120 million) dropped by 24.0%, with that of Pharmaceutical products & organic chemicals and Tobacco falling by 27.6% and 18.8% respectively. Total merchandise import rose by 0.5% year-on-year to MOP7.98 billion, of which imports of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products and Garments & footwear expanded by 29.9% and 22.6% respectively, but that of Mobile phones fell by 41.0%. Merchandise trade deficit in December amounted to MOP6.94 billion.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that, at the end of December 2018, total number of licensed motor vehicles edged down by 0.6% year-on-year to 240,145, of which light motorcycles (26,256) decreased by 10.5%, whereas light automobiles (108,442) and heavy motorcycles (97,822) inched up by 0.8% and 0.9% respectively. New registration of motor vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2018 declined by 27.2% year-on-year to 3,622, and that for the whole year of 2018 dropped by 13.7% to 14,509, with heavy motorcycles (7,374) falling by 25.4%.
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the “2019 HUSH!! Full Music” Beach Concert will be held from 28 April to 1 May at Hac Sa Beach, Hac-Sa Nautical Centre and various locations in the Island District. This year’s Beach Concert will continue to invite a number of famous local and foreign bands to present different varieties of music, creating a passionate large-scale music feast. In order to provide a stage platform and more opportunities for local music performers to perform with foreign bands, IC invites interested local bands and musicians to participate in the concert.
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With the seven-day Spring Festival Golden Week (4th – 10th February) arriving next week, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is gearing up for the festive period with a diversity of proactive measures, such as forecasting visitor flows by use of big data for the first time. Visitor flows will be monitored at tourist districts and congested locations for internal testing during the Spring Festival Golden Week, to ensure that accurate reference data can be delivered in the future after the official launch of the project to facilitate visitor flow diversion.
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With the seven-day Spring Festival Golden Week (4th – 10th February) arriving next week, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is gearing up for the festive period with a diversity of proactive measures, such as forecasting visitor flows by use of big data for the first time. Visitor flows will be monitored at tourist districts and congested locations for internal testing during the Spring Festival Golden Week, to ensure that accurate reference data can be delivered in the future after the official launch of the project to facilitate visitor flow diversion.
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