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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today praised local media for their efforts – as experienced recently during several severe-weather events – in disseminating timely information to the public.
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On 23 October, Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) and Universidade de Évora, Portugal mutually entered into a formal cooperation agreement. Under the witness of Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR Government, President of IFT, Dr. Fanny Vong, and Prof. Ana Costa Freitas, Rector of Universidade de Évora, Portugal signed the agreement at IFT.
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Consumer Council conducted its latest ‘Supermarket price survey’ on 23 October for the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June. Surveyed locations included 12 supermarkets in Taipa and Coloane area.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that, after the catastrophic typhoon on 23 August, the proportion of interviewed restaurants & similar establishments reporting a year-on-year growth in receipts in August 2017 decreased by 8 percentage points from July to 32%, the lowest value recorded since November 2016. The corresponding proportions of Local Style Cafes, Congee & Noodle Shops (18%) and Other Restaurants & Similar Establishments (32%) went down by 20 and 16 percentage points respectively, while the share of Japanese & Korean Restaurants (44%) increased by 19 percentage points. On the other hand, 46% of the establishments recorded a year-on-year decline in receipts, up by 11 percentage points from July. The corresponding proportions of Local Style Cafes, Congee & Noodle Shops (53%) and Other Restaurants & Similar Establishments (50%) rose by 16 and 22 percentage points respectively.
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The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) has received more than 50,000 applications for withdrawal of funds from provident fund individual accounts as of October 20, told by the FSS. Of which 21,474 applications submitted by three categories of people (elders aged 75 or older, individuals receiving disability pension from the FSS for more than one year, and those currently receiving special disability subsidy from the Social Welfare Bureau (SWB)) have been approved. The funds will be transferred to their bank accounts tomorrow (October 24) and the FSS has already begun to notify the individuals concerned of the outcome of their applications by mail or via mobile text message (SMS).
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The Design Contest for Macao Tourism Mascot calls for entries starting today (23 October), as organized by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) together with the co-organizers, the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Cultural Industry Fund.
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To commemorate the World Heart Day, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Avenida do Comendador Ho Yin, Bestway Garden, G/F, at 15H30 to 18H30 on 29^th October 2017 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Heart Day”.

On that day, Macao Heart Foundation will sell the commemorative envelope and a cover, priced at 15.00 patacas and 20.00 patacas at the mentioned location. The revenue will be for the charity purpose.

Various philatelic products will be available for sale during the above activity. Welcome to visit and collect Macao Stamps.
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To commemorate the World Heart Day, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Avenida do Comendador Ho Yin, Bestway Garden, G/F, at 15H30 to 18H30 on 29^th October 2017 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “World Heart Day”.
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The Macao Tourism Data plus (“MTD plus”), an online platform of statistical figures run by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), not only has optimized its current features but also added new statistical indicators for its data, with the aim to provide a more comprehensive and convenient service for users in their data search.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,486,383 in September 2017, up by 2.4% year-on-year but down by 13.3% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,382,026) increased by 5.4% year-on-year while same-day visitors (1,104,357) decreased by 1.0%. The average length of stay of visitors (1.3 days) held steady year-on-year, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors remaining unchanged at 2.2 days and 0.2 day respectively.
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