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Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop located at General Post Office and Communications Museum, from 9:00 to 17:30 on 1st March 2019 to provide the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “13th Anniversary of Communications Museum”.
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To mark the 135^th Anniversary of Macao Post and Telecommunications, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau will launch a philatelic book of special significance, titled "CTT Headquarters’ Building - History, Architecture, Functionality". This book presents the history and architecture of the CTT Headquarters’ Building, as well as a considerable collection of photographs, many of them unpublished, illustrating the building and the work developed in the past and present within these facilities. Inside the book, two souvenir sheets were included: the souvenir sheet applied with intaglio printing technique of 135^th Anniversary of Macao and Telecommunications and the silk souvenir sheet of 130^th Anniversary of Macao Post.
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As part of the “2019 Macao Library Week”, the Department of Public Library Management of the Cultural Affairs Bureau will launch the “Book Exchange” activity from Friday, 1 March, in order to promote reading habits as well as to encourage residents who love reading to make friends through books and share their resources. The book collection period will start from 1 March to 7 April, from 2pm to 8pm on Monday, and from 8:30am to 8pm from Tuesday to Sunday, excluding public holidays.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for November 2018-January 2019 was 1.7%, the unemployment rate of local residents stood at 2.4%, and the underemployment rate was 0.4%. All three indicators remained stable from the previous period (October-December 2018).
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The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election has today published the calendar for processes regarding formation of the Chief Executive Election Committee.
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The full-year 2018 enforcement statistics from the police showed Macao to be a secure and safe city. Instances of the most serious forms of crime – kidnap, murder and grievous assault – continued to be either non-existent, or extremely rare.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the Composite CPI in January 2019 increased by 3.04% year-on-year to 114.53, an increase of 0.10 percentage point from the 2.94% growth in December 2018. The increment in January was attributable to dearer charges for eating out and higher rentals for dwellings, as well as increasing prices of motor cars and adults’ clothing.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 3,425,126 in January 2019, up by 24.9% year-on-year but down by 4.1% over December 2018. Same-day visitors (1,783,758) surged by 41.8% year-on-year, with those arriving by land soaring by 65.8%; overnight visitors (1,641,368) increased by 10.7%. The average length of stay of visitors dropped by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.2 days on account of a notable growth of 6.2 percentage points in the proportion of same-day visitors (52.1%). Overnight visitors stayed an average of 2.2 days, up by 0.1 day; meanwhile, the average length of stay of same-day visitors held stable at 0.2 day.
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Anthony Lau Siu Wing, an honorary doctor of the University of Macau (UM), on Tuesday 5 March will give a talk titled ‘E-Commerce Logistics’ at UM. All are welcome.
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