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The heliport carried out the full scale emergency exercise this early morning (06 December) to test the capacity of the personnel in handling emergencies and train them with the required skills. The exercise simulated the scenario of a tail rotor drive failure after the helicopter has taken off, the accident of which resulted in a forced heavy landing on the mainpad. All responsible parties activated their contingency plans to resolve the crisis.

In this exercise scenario, a helicopter which was carrying two flight crew and three passengers took off from the Macau Outer Harbour Heliport and encountered a tail rotor drive failure. The accident resulted in a forced heavy landing on the mainpad and some parts of the aircraft were detached and scattered on the ground. One passenger suffered from serious injuries while the other two only met minor injuries. The two flight crew did not get hurt. After the accident, the heliport immediately activated the emergency response procedures: putting the fire-fighting system in the standby mode, the fire engines and the ambulances arriving immediately at the ferry terminal, delivering the injured to the hospital, evacuating all personnel and so on.

The exercise began at 07:00 this early morning with the participation of 100 people. The process lasted for about one and a half hour and was deemed smooth.
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Consumer Council conducted its second ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 5 December for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Iao Hon Market and the Border Gate area (Portas do Cerco ) in N. Sra. de Fátima Parish.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) once again rolled out the “Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme” (“QTSAS” or the “Scheme”) for the catering sector and travel agencies this year, and hosted the QTSAS Awards Gala Dinner tonight (5 December) to present awards to the winners. Since its launch in 2014, a total of 260 catering businesses and 36 travel agencies have been presented the “Star Merchant Award” including winners of the year.
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The Consumer Council announced the annual assessment result of “Certified Shops”, 1,040 shops passed this year’s assessment and are awarded the 2019 “Certified Shop” emblem, over 800 shops are graded B or above, and 13 of them are graded “Class A Certified Shops”. The Consumer Council awarded the “Class A Certified Shops” on a ceremony held on 5^th December and encouraged all shops participating in the mechanism to continue doing business with honesty and integrity to make Macao a safer and better shopping environment.
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A proposal to attract a greater number of talented individuals from outside Macao to work in the city, would be discussed further by the Talents Development Committee, with more detail to be announced after that, said today the Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On.
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The “2018 Macao International Parade”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), in celebration of the 19^th anniversary of Macao’s handover to China, will be held on 16 December. In order to publicise the details of the event close by members of the public that live along the Parade’s route, IC sent members of its staff to local neighbourhoods on 5 December in order to promote the event, establishing contact with the residents in advance and creating great expectation about the great event all around the city.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today said a mechanism for establishment of a joint conference – as outlined in an agreement due to be signed with the National Development and Reform Commission – would lead to strengthened coordination between Macao and the central authorities regarding tasks relating to Macao’s contributions to the country’s “Belt and Road” initiative.
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