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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,561,274 in September 2018, up by 3.0% year-on-year but down by 24.7% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,408,326) and same-day visitors (1,152,948) grew by 1.9% and 4.4% respectively year-on-year. The average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.4 days, with that of overnight visitors rising by 0.2 day to 2.4 days while that of same-day visitors staying at 0.2 day.
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In order to deepen the awareness of young employers on the non-mandatory central provident fund system and encourage their participation, Iong Kong Io, President of the Administrative Committee of the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao), recently visited the Macau Youth Entrepreneur Association and exchanged views with members of the Association on the contents of the non-mandatory central provident fund system, and its latest development, on the theme of “Participating in Central Provident Fund System for Greater Peace of Mind in Your Retirement”.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, said that the MSAR Government welcomes the official opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and is well prepared for it to commence operations.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 22 October for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included supermarkets near Horte e Costa, Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga and Rua da Emenda areas in Santo António Parish.
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The Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre under the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese will hold a legal translation workshop every Friday from 26 October to 30 November. The workshop is open to all professionals in related fields, postgraduate students, academics, and those who are interested in the subject.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, has been holding a series of meetings with local associations and scholars to sound out their views on key topics prior to the Government’s Policy Address for the Fiscal Year 2019.
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The Eleventh International Conference on the Legal Reforms of Macau in the Global Context – Gaming Concessions and Other Gaming Licensing Legal Experiences, organised by the Centre for Law Studies of the University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Law (FLL), will be held on 25October and 26 October at UM. All are welcome.
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For the social security system, October is the contribution month for the third quarter of this year. The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) reminds that the flow of people at the service point is expected to increase at the end of the month. In order to avoid the peak flow at month end, employers should make their payment as early as possible, and those who have already applied for electronic filing service should use electronic payment channels to make their payments as much as possible. As of 19 October, a total of 14,134 employers have already paid the obligatory system contributions for their employees, accounting for 66% of the total number of employers who need to pay contributions.
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A student team from the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) recently won a gold prize at a digital economy innovation and entrepreneurship competition for university students from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao.
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