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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of Financial Activities for the first quarter of 2021. The Survey covers the Banking Sector, Other Financial Intermediation, Insurance and Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation, including financial institutions supervised by the Monetary Authority of Macao, but excluding insurance agents and brokers not directly employed by insurance companies.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals to Macao totalled 794,819 in April 2021, an increase of 5.3% month-to-month and an upsurge of 7,098.8% year-on-year. Overnight visitors and same-day visitors added up to 450,579 and 344,240 respectively. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 5.7 days year-on-year to 1.6 days, with that of overnight visitors (2.9 days) reducing notably by 18.2 days on account of the adjustments in pandemic prevention measures; meanwhile, the duration for same-day visitors (0.1 day) remained unchanged.
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the composite interest rates of Macao’s banking sector for the pataca (MOP) and the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) registered decreases in the first quarter of 2021.
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Health quarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of different identities.
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In order to contribute to the reinforcement of the role of Macao as a basis for intercultural sharing and a platform for Sino-Lusophone cooperation, and with the aim of sharing with the Higher Education Institutions of Portuguese Speaking Countries and Regions the experiences of the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) in institutional quality improvement processes, the President of MPI, Professor IM Sio Kei, Marcus, participated in an International Online Forum on “Models and Experiences of Institutional Quality Assurance in Higher Education”.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI for April 2021 (102.47) went down by 0.64% year-on-year, which was 0.33 percentage points lower than the decrease in March (-0.97%).
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In order to encourage increased usage of the “Consumer Online” e-services platform by consumers, the Consumer Council continues to conduct relevant talks to different communities.
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As affected by the novel coronavirus pneumonia for more than a year, tourism activities have been subdued, which led to an accumulation of consumption capacity of visitors. Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) increased by 23.5% year-on-year to MOP6.18 billion in the first quarter of 2021, driven by an upsurge of 128.6% in their per-capita spending (MOP3,556). Total spending of overnight visitors rose by 48.0% year-on-year to MOP5.59 billion, while that of same-day visitors dropped by 52.1% to MOP589 million.
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The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), and the Departments of Philosophy at Sun Yat-Sen University’s Guangzhou and Zhuhai campuses, jointly held an event titled ‘Macau Roundtable on the Problem of Transcendence in Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy’. Scholars of UM, Sun Yat-sen University, Peking University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, and Zhejiang University attended the meeting
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The 51^st meeting of the Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held days earlier (19 to 20 May) in a virtual format. Themed “Join, Work, Grow, Together”, this year’s meeting focused on accelerating the post-pandemic recovery.
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