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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average daily wage of construction workers decreased by 3.8% quarter-to-quarter to MOP715 in the third quarter of 2019. The average daily wages of concrete formwork carpenters (MOP705), structural iron erectors (MOP725) and bricklayers & plasterers (MOP690) dropped by 12.2%, 11.4% and 9.0% respectively, while the wages of concreters (MOP763) and welders (MOP901) increased by 13.5% and 9.6% respectively. The average daily wage of local construction workers edged down by 0.1% to MOP986, whereas that of non-resident construction workers grew by 3.0% to MOP615.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today said a piece of research by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences had aimed to provide a point of objective reference in relation to successful practise of the "One country, two systems" principle with Macao characteristics.
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The Second ‘Internet+’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for University Students from China and Portuguese-speaking Countries was held at the University of Macau (UM) recently. The project of a Brazilian team from Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, ‘key2enable’, won the Gold Award, while the project of a Portuguese team from University of Aveiro, ‘YouClap’, won a Silver Award. A Chinese team from Fudan University also won a Silver Award for their project, a big data platform for inspection of medical institutions for market access and compliance.
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“Red December – Exhibition of Carlos Marreiros”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be inaugurated on Friday, 8 November, at the Tap Seac Gallery. All are welcome to attend the opening ceremony and visit the exhibition.
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The video exhibition “‘FICTION NON FICTION’ Reassembling 24 frames of reality through non narrative film works”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, was inaugurated on the evening of 28 October at No. 11, Travessa da Paixão. The opening ceremony was officiated by the Vice President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Chan Kai Chon; the exhibition curator Elysa Wendi; the participating artists Lao Keng U (Macao) and Liao Jiekai (Singapore); and the exhibition coordinator Lam Kin Kuan.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for September 2019 amounted to MOP1.02 billion, up by 9.2% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP883 million) increased by 8.3%, with that of Wine, Electronic components and Articles for casino soaring by 125.3%, 62.6% and 42.2% respectively. Value of domestic exports (MOP138 million) grew by 15.3%, with that of Garments surging by 785.5%. Total merchandise import edged down by 0.1% year-on-year to MOP7.55 billion, of which imports of Motor cars & motorcycles, Mobile phones and Gold jewellery dropped by 25.2%, 17.6% and 7.8% respectively; meanwhile, imports of Construction materials, Handbags & wallets and Beauty, cosmetic & skin-care products increased by 47.8%, 37.3% and 26.7% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in September totalled MOP6.53 billion.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours continued to decrease in September 2019, recording a 35.7% decline year-on-year to 448,000. Apart from an increase in package tour visitors from Malaysia (4,300), all other countries/places registered decreases, with those from mainland China (323,000), the Republic of Korea (32,000), Hong Kong (6,600) and Taiwan (58,000) dropping by 39.8%, 37.6%, 29.9% and 3.0% respectively. In the first three quarters of 2019, number of package tour visitors totalled 6,797,000, and the growth contracted to 4.5% year-on-year.
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