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External merchandise trade statistics for November 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2018 amounted to MOP1.02 billion, up by 1.8% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP899 million) increased by 6.8%, with that of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products surging notably by 526.1%. However, value of domestic exports (MOP124 million) dropped by 24.1%, with that of Pharmaceutical products & organic chemicals and Tobacco falling by 60.7% and 48.3% respectively. Total merchandise import rose by 6.7% year-on-year to MOP8.06 billion, of which imports of Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products, Garments & footwear and Mobile phones expanded by 34.6%, 21.2% and 20.4% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in November amounted to MOP7.04 billion.
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Employment survey for September-November 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the employment situation in Macao was satisfactory. The general unemployment rate for September-November 2018 was 1.7%, down by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (August-October 2018); meanwhile, the unemployment rate of local residents remained unchanged at 2.4% and the underemployment rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point to 0.3%.
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Package tours and hotel occupancy rate for November 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours totalled 908,000 in November, up by 16.5% month-to-month but down slightly by 0.9% year-on-year. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (721,000) dropped by 4.1% year-on-year, whereas those from the Republic of Korea (59,000) and Taiwan (63,000) surged by 24.3% and 40.5% respectively. In the first eleven months of 2018, visitors on package tours totalled 8,191,000, up by 6.1% year-on-year.
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Beneficiaries of Old-Age and Disability Pension are Required to Provide Proof of Life in January 2019
The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to “FSS” in Macao) reminds members of the public that beneficiaries currently receiving old-age or disability pension from the FSS are required to provide proof of life in January each year, and about 110,000 people will be involved for 2019. Beneficiaries who have registered to receive SMS alerts will receive the SMS notification, whereas beneficiaries who have not registered to use the service may also sign up for the service when they go to the FSS to provide proof of life in person.
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