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Residential property price index for June – August 2018

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for June - August 2018 decreased by 0.3% over the previous period (May - July 2018) to 269.9. The indices for the Macao Peninsula (272.2) and Taipa & Coloane (259.3) dropped by 0.3% and 0.1% respectively.


Global Tourism Economy Forum • Macao 2018 Strategic Partnership in a New Era, Rising Momentum for a Shared Future

Spearheading discussions about global tourism economy in the context of China's far-reaching Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Tourism Economy Forum (“GTEF” or “the Forum”) will hold its seventh edition in Macao on 23 and 24 October. Under the theme “Strategic Partnership in a New Era, Rising Momentum for a Shared Future”, GTEF 2018 takes a holistic approach in this edition to examine the impact of strategic tourism collaboration between the European Union (EU) and China in the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (“ECTY 2018”), and the enormous latent opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area waiting to be explored.



Restaurants and similar establishments survey 2017

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of operating restaurants, eating & drinking places and cooked-food stalls in municipal markets increased by 44 year-on-year to 2,309 in 2017, including 2,237 restaurants, eating & drinking places and 72 cooked-food stalls. Number of persons engaged totalled 32,749 (+198), and 96.1% of them were employees. Receipts of the industry amounted to MOP 11.22 billion, up by 5.5% year-on-year; expenditure grew by 5.0% to MOP 11.01 billion. Gross Surplus totalled MOP 215 million, up by 23.2%, and Gross Surplus Ratio edged up by 0.3 percentage points to 1.9%. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy amounted to MOP 4.06 billion, up by 3.4%, while Gross Fixed Capital Formation decreased by 8.0% to MOP 318 million.





Consular corps accredited in Hong Kong and Macao attend 32nd Macao International Music Festival

On the occasion of the 32nd Macao International Music Festival (MIMF), the Macao S.A.R. Government invited members of the consular corps accredited in Hong Kong and Macao to participate in a visit organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, on 6 October, to an art exhibition, also giving the delegation the opportunity to attend a 32nd MIMF concert.



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