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In August 2018, the CCAC received a complaint alleging some public servants’ mishandling of the placement of the greyhounds at the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. Following the investigation carried out by the CCAC, it came to light that a division head of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) had allegedly abuse his power in the process of the placement of the greyhounds and colluded with a public servant and a businessman to obtain unlawful economic advantage in legal acts. Suggested by the Public Prosecutions Office and approved by the Criminal Investigation Court, the division head has been suspended from public duties and coercive measures including prohibition on exit and regular reporting have been taken against all of the suspects.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR (AACM) launched a series of new promotional videos with the aim of educating the Macao residents and the passengers with the knowledge of the aviation laws and regulations as well as removing their misunderstanding on the operations of the industry. The new videos are already broadcasted on AACM’s official electronic platforms and will also be put on the electronic screens in the airport passenger terminal and on the aircraft.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that attributable to the Lunar New Year holidays and the impact of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, visitor arrivals in February 2019 increased by 15.5% year-on-year to 3,545,701, and grew by 3.5% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,510,178) and same-day visitors (2,035,523) rose by 8.2% and 21.5% respectively year-on-year. As the proportion of same-day visitors continued to expand to 57.4%, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.0 day, with that of overnight visitors (2.1 days) and same-day visitors (0.2 day) both decreasing by 0.1 day.
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Consumer Council conducted its ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 21 March for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 10 supermarkets in Taipa and Coloane Parish. Consumers may now check the report data on the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) or the “Supermarket Price Information Platform” app.
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The University of Macau (UM) today (21 March) kicked off the Career and Internship Fair 2019. This year’s fair attracted 110 companies, offering more than 5,000 job vacancies. In addition, over 50 companies offer more than 150 summer internship opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for second- and third-year students.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI in February 2019 increased by 2.79% year-on-year to 115.31, down by 0.25 percentage points from the 3.04% growth in January 2019. The increment in February was attributable to dearer charges for eating out and higher rentals for dwellings, as well as rising prices of motor cars, adults’ clothing and fruits.
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