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As a proactive response to the demands for optimising the integrity building in the Macao SAR and in order to step up the efforts in the fight against corruption and optimise the accountability system in the public service, following the suggestions raised by the expert team of the United Nations concerning the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption by the Macao SAR and drawing on its experiences in corruption-fighting and ombudsmanship over recent years and those of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, the CCAC has commenced a review of the relevant criminal regime and the discipline regime of public servants. The conclusions of the review and recommendations on the optimisation of the regimes will be revealed and rendered shortly.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 3,432,187 in April 2019, up by 15.9% year-on-year. Overnight visitors (1,624,285) grew by 5.4% whereas same-day visitors (1,807,902) surged by 27.4%. The average length of stay of visitors dropped by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days as the proportion of same-day visitors (52.7%) rose by 4.7 percentage points. Overnight visitors stayed an average of 2.2 days, an increase of 0.1 day; meanwhile, the average length of stay of same-day visitors held stable at 0.2 day.
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The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) hosted “The 14^th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Asian Forum of Insurance Regulators (AFIR)” in Macao during 22-23 May 2019. Delegates from the insurance regulators in Asia and Oceania exchanged their views and shared their experiences on the theme of “Promoting Broader and Sustainable Insurance Market with Effective Supervisory Practices”, focusing on the challenges and opportunities brought by global climate change and innovative technology to the development of the insurance industry.
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Macao's annual international motorsports event, the 66^th Macau Grand Prix, will be held from November 14^th to 17^th 2019. The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) today (May 22^nd) held a press conference at the Macao Science Center to announce that Suncity Group is the title sponsor of the event and to release the provisional race line-up.
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Moody’s Investors Service, an international credit rating agency, announced today (22 May) to affirm Macao SAR’s long-term issuer ratings at “Aa3” with a “stable” rating outlook, which are based on the SAR Government’s strong fiscal and external positions and further progress on economic diversification.
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The IFT Global Centre for Tourism Education and Training organised a training programme on “Sustainable Tourism Planning and Destination Management” from 15 to 22 May for representatives from several Asian countries and destinations. The course was held in Macao in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that attributable to a growth of 21.2% in visitor arrivals (10,359,758), total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 3.1% year-on-year to MOP16.93 billion, with that of overnight visitors (MOP12.92 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP4.01 billion) rising by 1.9% and 7.2% respectively.
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The 2019 Dubai-Macao TCM Exchange Program, co-hosted by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Co-operation between Guangdong and Macao (GMTCM Park) and the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), was held at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center of the Dubai Healthcare City on May 19. TCM experts from Macao and mainland China led young TCM practitioners from Macao to exchange and discuss with more than 150 prominent local healthcare professionals in Dubai, focusing on the application and development of TCM in the city. The program also provided TCM health consultations for the locals and promoted the development of TCM in Dubai.
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