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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export amounted to MOP1.30 billion in March 2021, up by 26.7% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP1.14 billion) rose by 28.0%, with that of Wine and Watches surging by 1,618.6% and 107.5% respectively. Meanwhile, value of domestic exports (MOP166 million) grew by 19.0%, with that of Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits & other bakers’ wares and Copper & articles thereof soaring by 750.0% and 15.4% respectively. Total merchandise import swelled by 175.2% year-on-year to MOP11.42 billion, of which imports of Perfumes, Mobile phones, Gold jewellery and Beauty, cosmetic & skincare products jumping by 1,090.7%, 803.0%, 670.6% and 586.6% respectively, but that of Other textile made-up articles declined by 51.6%. Merchandise trade deficit in March 2021 totalled MOP10.12 billion.
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To make it more convenient for the public to dispose of large unwanted furniture items, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will set up 60 temporary collection points for large unwanted furniture items in the different districts of Macao from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. from May 1 to 7.
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In order to celebrate the International Museum Day on 18 May, 14 museums in Macao co-organize the great annual event of the museum sector, the “Macao International Museum Day Carnival 2021”. The opening ceremony will be held at 3pm on 9 May (Sunday), at the Convention Centre of the Macao Science Centre. The event will feature a wide range of intriguing activities, including game booths, workshops, lectures and drama guided tours. All are welcome to participate.
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This year, the University of Macau (UM) continues to hold the One Million Dollar Macao Regional Entrepreneurship Competition. The Trade Show and Elevator Pitch have been held successfully. The shortlisted teams will compete in the Macao regional final on 5 May. The top three teams that emerge from the regional final will represent Macao in the national final, where they will compete with other regional finalists for the big prize of RMB 1 million as venture capital as well as financing opportunities.
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With its construction completed, the Leisure Area of Kun Iam Statue Waterfront will be open for trial operation tomorrow (April 29). Opening hours will be set for the children’s playground and the courts. Anti-epidemic measures such as temperature measurement will be adopted in these areas. The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) predicts that the visitor flow will be heavy during the initial opening period, and after reviewing public opinions, decides to adopt crowd control measures for the children’s playground according to the actual situation.
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Research teams led by Dr Zhao Yonghua and Dr Bian Ying in the University of Macau’s (UM) Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS), in collaboration with research teams led by Wang Qi, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Prof Van Iat Kio at Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, have discovered the correlation between Traditional Chinese Medicine Body Constitution (TCMBC) and neurocognitive disorder in elderly Macao residents, laying the foundation for delaying the onset of dementia among the elderly in Macao. The study has been published in Chinese Medicine and Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, both of which are leading international journals in integrative and complementary medicine.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 120 hotels & guesthouses were open for business in March 2021, an increase of 7 year-on-year; number of available guest rooms rose by 5.8% to 36,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation were excluded in the compilation of the results. Attributable to a rise in overnight visitors, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms stood at 55.3%, representing a growth of 16.9 percentage points month-to-month and an upsurge of 32.1 percentage points year-on-year.
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In active support of the International Museum Day on 18 May, the Macao Grand Prix Museum, under the management of Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), will join various local museums to present the “Macao International Museum Day Carnival 2021” at the Convention Center of Macao Science Center on 9 May. The International Museum Day is themed as “The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine” this year. MGTO will hold workshops promoting the Macau Grand Prix at the Carnival for participation of residents and visitors.
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The 39^th Macao Young Musicians Competition, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will start on 11 July. The provisional Competition schedule is now available on the Macao Young Musicians Competition website (www.icm.gov.mo/cjmm).
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To assist the MICE industry in improving their use of social media and enhancing business operations, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) hosted the online training ‘MICE Social Media Marketing Strategy’ on 13 April, which attracted nearly 70 MICE practitioners from Macao and Mainland China. Participants considered the content of the training very practical and expected that they will be able to put everything they have learnt into practice and thereby raise their corporate competitiveness.
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