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Starting from noon, individuals who have visited Beijing 14 days prior to their arrival in Macao, are required to undergo a 14-day period of medical observation in Macao.
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This year is the 11th consecutive year for the SAR Government to make a special allocation from budget surplus, and it is in the amount of 7,000 patacas. Regarding the rumours that the target scope of this measure is the unemployed people or those with financial difficulties, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) clarified that the funds allocated will be directly deposited in eligible Macao residents' non-mandatory central provident fund system’s government-managed sub-accounts, and an elderly needs to be over 65 years old to apply for fund withdrawal under normal circumstances.
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A local tour project entitled “Macao Ready Go! Local Tours” is officially launched on 17 June. Macao residents can sign up for local tours scheduled between 22 June and 30 September at the outlets of all travel agencies under the umbrella of the project. Each participant will be subsidized 280 patacas per tour participation, and is entitled to a maximal subsidy of 560 patacas granted by the project. The Macao Special Administrative Region Government hopes that the project “Macao Ready Go! Local Tours” can lead to progressive resumption of tourism activities in Macao in parallel with the city’s scheme for economic recovery.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) today (16th June) announced the name list for the special allocation from budget surplus 2020 for Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System. This year, a total of 377,747 people are included in the list and 159,114 people are not. To check the name list, members of the public may visit the website of the FSS atwww.fss.gov.mo, call the 24-hour interactive voice response hotline at 2823 0230, use the self-service machine, or visit a service point of the FSS.
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In order to celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the inscription of the “Historic Centre of Macao” on the World Heritage List, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym) will hold a series of activities in July. The event features a total of 28 activities in six series, including a thematic festival, the “World Heritage Open Day”, the “Heritage City Tours - Guided Tours and Illustration Workshop”, “Fun Sharing Cultural Heritage” lectures, a story-writing competition and a WeChat game. With this special series of activities, IC seeks to celebrate the anniversary with the public and encourage residents to experience the beauty of Macao’s World Heritage in their daily lives and to appreciate the city’s precious cultural treasures, thereby conveying the concept of “Appreciating Our World Heritage Together”.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP183.3 billion (USD22.95 billion) at the end of May 2020. The reserves increased by 2.4% from the revised value of MOP179.0 billion (USD22.42 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-May 2020 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 82.4% of pataca M2 at end-April 2020.
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Possible warning signals to be issued due to the impact on "Nuri"
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