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The Chief Executive, Mr Sam Hou Fai, today presented awards to a total of 28 recipients, either individuals or organisations. The awards for 2025 recognise either personal achievement, contribution to the community, or distinguished service to the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR).
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total value of merchandise exports increased by 3.2% year-on-year to MOP13.92 billion in 2025, of which value of re-exports (MOP12.46 billion) grew by 3.8% while value of domestic exports (MOP1.46 billion) fell by 1.8%. Meanwhile, total value of merchandise imports dropped by 3.0% year-on-year to MOP124.79 billion. In 2025, external merchandise trade and merchandise trade deficit totalled MOP138.71 billion and MOP110.86 billion respectively.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that electronic payment transaction value (hereinafter referred to as transaction value) for restaurants & similar establishments increased by 2.1% year-on-year to MOP13.66 billion in 2025, while the transaction value for retail trade dropped by 4.0% to MOP52.47 billion.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments stood at 89.4% in 2025, an uplift of 3.1 percentage points year-on-year. Number of guests of hotel establishments increased by 1.0% year-on-year to 14,560,000. Meanwhile, number of inbound package tour visitors dropped by 9.7% year-on-year to 1,912,000, owing to a decrease in those from the Chinese mainland. International tour visitors, however, recorded a rise.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate of local residents (2.3%) for October - December 2025 remained unchanged from the previous period (September - November 2025), while the underemployment rate of local residents held stable at 2.0%.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the economy of the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) continued to make steady progress in the fourth quarter of 2025, underpinned by rapid growth in exports of services, driven by surging visitor arrivals resulting from the hosting of numerous large-scale events in the Macao SAR and government efforts to attract visitors. The preliminary figure for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 7.6% year-on-year in real terms to MOP115.39 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025. The overall economic output corresponded to 94.1% of the total in the same period of 2019.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in the Macao Special Administrative Region totalled 254,393 as at end-2025, up by 0.5% year-on-year. For the whole year of 2025, cross-border vehicular traffic (11,133,988 trips) rose by 21.1% year-on-year, whereas passenger ferry trips (77,549 trips) and arriving and departing commercial flights at the Macau International Airport (55,576 trips) dropped by 2.6% and 1.8% respectively. As at end-2025, number of mobile phone subscribers (1,495,213) and internet subscribers (785,000) showed respective growth of 3.2% and 1.3% year-on-year.
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As Chinese New Year approaches, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will set up a temporary inspection station for ornamental plants at the visitor entry channel at Border Gate Port for three consecutive days from 14 to 16 February (the 27th to 29th day of the 12th lunar month) to provide convenience for the public who purchase festive plants in the Chinese Mainland for self-use to decorate their homes during the Chinese New Year period. The plant inspection service is free of charge. IAM also reminds the public that they should not bring endangered wild plants into Macao without permission.
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