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Slava’s Snowshow at CCM A Blizzard of Joyfulness
The Cultural Affairs Bureau presents Slava’s Snowshow, a tale without words created by the most celebrated living clown in the world. The storm of joyful innocence is forecast to hit CCM’s Grand Auditorium with four shows, running from 6 to 8 September.
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UM volleyball tournament promotes Sino-Lusophone cultural exchange
The ‘Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th Anniversary of the Macao SAR: University Women’s Volleyball Invitational Tournament’, organised by the University of Macau (UM), was held at UM. The two-day tournament featured women’s volleyball teams from UM, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lanzhou University and the Pedagogical University of Maputo in Mozambique,promoting exchanges and friendship.
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IAM to optimise green areas near Sai Van Lake Square and Avenida Doutor Mário Soares
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will carry out optimisation and reorganisation works of the green areas in Sai Van Lake Square, Avenida Doutor Mário Soares and Avenida Comercial de Macau from mid-to-late July to August to improve the public green landscape. During the period, the sites of the works will be enclosed. The public are advised to pay attention to the arrangements and safety.
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International Youth Dance Festival Parade to be Held on Saturday (20 July) with Temporary Traffic Management and Crowd Control Measures
The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) will hold the Student and Youth Show in Celebration of Macao’s Return to the Motherland cum International Youth Dance Festival from 20 to 25 July 2024. The first activity, the International Youth Dance Festival Parade, will take place this Saturday (20 July). The parade will start from the Ruins of St Paul’s and finish at the Senado Square. To make it more convenient for residents and tourists to enjoy the parade and to ensure the safety of all participants and performers, the DSEDJ will work with the police and transport authorities to implement a series of temporary traffic management and crowd control measures.
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Visitor arrivals for the first half of 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 43.6% year-on-year to 16,719,983 in the first half of 2024, recovering to 82.4% of the figure in the same period of 2019. Same-day visitors (8,888,503) and overnight visitors (7,831,480) showed respective growth of 59.3% and 29.1% year-on-year; the ratio of same-day visitors to overnight visitors was 1:0.9. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.2 days, with that of overnight visitors remaining unchanged at 2.3 days.
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Business climate survey on restaurants & similar establishments and retail trade for May 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that receipts of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments went up by 5.5% month-on-month in May 2024; receipts of Chinese Restaurants rose by 13.7%, whereas those of Western Restaurants fell by 6.9%. In addition, sales of the interviewed retailers increased by 5.3% month-on-month in May; sales of Watches, Clocks & Jewellery Retailers and Supermarkets grew by 15.8% and 14.6% respectively, whereas sales of Motor Vehicle Retailers dropped by 7.2%.
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AACM has launched an investigation into a cargo aircraft tire burst incident
On July 19, 2024, a MYU862 cargo flight flying from Macau International Airport to Kuching International Airport, with a Boeing 737-400F aircraft, experienced a tire burst during takeoff roll at around 01:30 at Macau International Airport. The pilot immediately aborted takeoff and maneuvered the aircraft off the runway. There were 3 crew members and 1 aircraft engineer on board, and no injuries were reported.
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Subscription period for the Year of the Snake commemorative coins ending next Friday (26 July)
The online subscription period for the 2025 Year of the Snake commemorative coins will end at 6:00pm on 26 July 2024 (next Friday). Hence, AMCM would like to remind Macao residents who are interested in subscribing for the said coins to complete the online subscription process (https://registration.amcm.gov.mo/COCSCollection/terms_pt.html) before the mentioned deadline. AMCM cashier service counter located at Avenida de Sidónio Pais, Edifício Tong Hei Koc will provide registration service for those who require assistance during the mentioned period. For enquiries, please visit our webpage or call our hotline at 28565071 or 28565072.
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Statistical Data on Anti-illegal Worker Operations in June 2024
Concerning the Public Security Police Force’s operations and the Labour Affairs Bureau’s operations as well as various joint operations against illegal workers in June 2024, the figures are set out below:
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CE hails successful closing of 3rd plenary session of CPC 20th Central Committee
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, said the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government would lead all sectors of Macao’s society in earnestly studying the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which successfully concluded today in Beijing.
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