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Macao confirms two new COVID-19 cases
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 infection, taking the tally of confirmed cases recorded in Macao to 19. In addition, there is a case of initially testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Cultural Affairs Bureau and Cultural Industry Fund support the development of cultural and creative industries by various measures
In view of the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, people from different social sectors are now facing difficulties and challenges. The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and the Cultural Industry Fund (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”) always pay close attention to the current situation of local cultural and creative industries, and assist the cultural industries from various aspects and perspectives to work through difficult times by introducing various supporting measures and plans.
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Sixth designated hotel as venue of medical observation comes into service tonight
The Macao Special Administrative Region Government temporarily utilizes Treasure Hotel in Taipa as the sixth hotel designated for medical observation starting from today (March 21).
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Fifth designated hotel as venue of medical observation comes into service today
The Macao Special Administrative Region Government temporarily utilizes Metropole Hotel as the fifth hotel designated for medical observation starting from today (March 21). Metropole Hotel is situated in Macao peninsula and has a total supply of 112 rooms.
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Applications for the 38th Macao Young Musicians Competition open in April
Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the 38thMacao Young Musicians Competition, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), will be postponed to between 15 August and 6 September. Applications will be open from 8 to 21 April. All interested eligible individuals are welcome to participate.
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Infographics: Epidemic-control measures for arrivals in Macao (as of 19 March 2020)
Epidemic-control measures for arrivals in Macao (as of 19 March 2020)
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Visitor arrivals for February 2020
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that affected by the ongoing epidemic of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, visitor arrivals in February 2020 plunged by 95.6% year-on-year to 156,394. Same-day visitors (81,090) and overnight visitors (75,304) tumbled by 96.0% and 95.0% respectively. Meanwhile, the average length of stay of visitors went up by 1.8 days to 2.8 days, attributable to a longer stay of Mainland visitors that took up the majority of total visitor arrivals. Another contributing factor was the growth in the proportion of overnight visitors (54.9%) among the Mainland visitors. The average duration for overnight visitors surged from 2.1 days in February last year to 5.4 days while that for same-day visitors dropped from 0.2 day to 0.1 day.
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UM PhD student publishes articles in three renowned international journals
Riccardo Vecellio Segate, an Italian PhD candidate in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Law (FLL), has published research articles in three well-known international journals in the past 18 months. The three journals are Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Art Antiquity and Law, and Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law.
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Fourth designated hotel as venue of medical observation comes into service today
The Macao Special Administrative Region Government temporarily utilizes Grand Coloane Resort as the fourth hotel designated for medical observation starting from today (March 20). Grand Coloane Resort is situated in Coloane and has a total supply of 208 rooms.
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Consumer price index (CPI) for February 2020
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI (103.56) for February 2020 increased by 2.33% year-on-year, a slowdown of 0.65 percentage points from the growth in January 2020 (+2.98%). The increment was attributable to higher charges for eating out, rising rentals for dwellings as well as dearer prices of fresh pork, gasoline and Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
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