14 May 2021
The exhibition hall in the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex in Macao may be ready for use later this year, according to an official announcement. The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau announced in writing that the hall will have 3,100 square metres of floor space. The bureau says the hall will … Continue reading "Fresh exhibition space may be available in Macao in 2021"
13 May 2021
The Macao Pavilion at the first China International Consumer Products Expo, in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan, promoted sales of over 50 kinds of food and drink supplied by 13 producers in lusophone countries, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. IPIM set up the pavilion to show how Macao … Continue reading "Sales of food from lusophone countries promoted in Hainan"
12 May 2021
The Macao Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents Local View Power’s 13th edition, running from 10 to 13 June (Thursday to Sunday) at the Small Auditorium. This homemade showcase will premiere an eclectic selection of thirteen local films reflecting the latest cinematic impressions on the city. Presented in six screening sessions, … Continue reading "CCM’s Local View Power City life through moving images"
12 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total population as at end-March 2021 dropped by 600 quarter-to-quarter to 682,500; female population (363,400) accounted for 53.2% of the total. A total of 1,173 live births were delivered in the first quarter of 2021, a decrease of 172 quarter-to-quarter. Male babies totalled 650 … Continue reading "Macao demographic statistics for the 1st quarter of 2021"
11 May 2021
As the pandemic situation continues to stay stable, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of physical events to promote the destination in Mainland China, including a series of “Macao Weeks”. Among the series, the “Macao Week in Jiangsu” will be held in Nanjing from 13 – 17 May. The event … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Jiangsu” poised to unfold in mid-May Leading Mainland visitors onto fascinating Macao journey"
11 May 2021
Institutions in Macao, mainland China and Portugal are jointly translating the first account by a Chinese of a long stay in Portugal and other parts of Europe, which was written in the late 18th century, Hoje Macau reports. The institutions are the University of Macau, the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences and the Observatório da … Continue reading "Historical account of Portugal by a Chinese being translated"
11 May 2021
According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the total number of personal credit cards issued by banks in Macao registered a quarterly decline whereas the total number of debit cards rose in the first quarter of 2021. Both the credit card and debit card turnover witnessed quarterly decreases. On the other … Continue reading "Macao Payment Card and Mobile Payment Statistics – 1st Quarter 2021"
10 May 2021
With the objective of contributing to the reinforcement of Macao’s role as a Sino-Lusophone cooperation platform and improving the knowledge of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao among Higher Education Institutions in Lusophone countries and regions, the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI), in partnership with the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, will host the 11th conference of FORGES (Forum of Higher … Continue reading "MPI co-hosts the 11th Conference of International Network of Higher Education Institutions of Portuguese Speaking Countries"
10 May 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says it is beginning today a programme of promotion of products of the Portuguese-speaking world, notably food and drink. On the programme are six gatherings, to be held in the Portuguese-speaking Countries Food Products Exhibition Centre in Macao between today and July 25, and attended by … Continue reading "IPIM events to promote food produced in lusophone countries"
7 May 2021
Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has formed a committee to coordinate the effort by Macao to integrate its own development with that of China as a whole, his government has announced. Mr Ho’s order setting up yesterday the Working Committee for Integrating into National Development appears in the latest issue of the Official Gazette … Continue reading "Committee for integrating development of China, Macao set up"
7 May 2021
Pictures taken by a Portuguese photographer living in Macao, Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro, decorate new products made by Maven Skateboards of mainland China and sold by Macao retailer EXIT, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. The My City range of skateboards and t-shirts bears three black-and-white images taken by Mr Lobo Pinheiro, the news agency says, … Continue reading "Skateboards bear Portuguese photographer’s images of Macao"
6 May 2021
An exhibition of translations into Chinese of works by Portuguese authors has opened today at the University of Macau to mark World Portuguese Language Day, the university says. The University of Macau issued a written statement saying the purpose of the exhibition is to teach the public about Portuguese literature and culture. The university says … Continue reading "University of Macau observes World Portuguese Language Day"
6 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,517 new companies were incorporated in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 471 year-on-year. Newly incorporated companies operating in Wholesale & Retail Trade and Business Services totalled 518 and 406 respectively. Total value of registered capital of the new companies … Continue reading "Macao company statistics for the 1st quarter of 2021"
Wages of Macao construction workers and prices of construction materials for the 1st quarter of 2021
6 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average daily wage of construction workers increased by 1.0% quarter-to-quarter to MOP746 in the first quarter of 2021. The average daily wage of local workers (MOP953) and non-resident workers (MOP626) went up by 1.5% and 0.9% respectively. In terms of main occupations, the average … Continue reading "Wages of Macao construction workers and prices of construction materials for the 1st quarter of 2021"
5 May 2021
Official data indicate that the value of merchandise exports by Macao to the Portuguese-speaking world grew to 291,400 patacas (about US$36,500) in the first quarter of this year, more than twice the value a year earlier. Figures published by the Macao Statistics and Census Service last week show that all first-quarter exports were domestic exports, … Continue reading "Q1 exports by Macao to lusophone world double to US$36,500"
4 May 2021
In late April 2021, Deputy-Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), Mr Ding Tian, led a Forum Macao delegation on a visit to Beijing. The delegation paid courtesy visits to, respectively, the Ambassadors or attachés in China of Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, … Continue reading "Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao visits Beijing"
4 May 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) and the University of Porto in northern Portugal have together put out the second issue of Orientes do Português, the first international academic journal published in Asia in Portuguese, the MPI says. The new issue contains an article on the life and work of João Malaca Casteleiro, a Portuguese linguist … Continue reading "New issue of Asian academic journal in Portuguese published"
4 May 2021
In order to increase the green quality of the city, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) intends to plant around 5,000 trees in the green belts and pavements of the main roads in all districts across Macao in 2020 and 2021. So far, nearly 4,000 trees have been planted in seedling form to better balance root … Continue reading "Macao Urban Street Tree Planting Plan 2021"
30 April 2021
A Portuguese lawyer in Macao, Frederico Rato, has become the first lawyer in the city to sit on the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, which intends to mediate in trade disputes between parties in China and in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, Lusa reports. The commission, over the Macao border in the mainland Chinese city of Guangzhou, … Continue reading "Macao lawyer to help settle international trade disputes"
30 April 2021
The Macao-Timor Friendship Association and the representative of Timor-Leste at Forum Macao, Danilo Henriques, have started a drive to raise funds to help the victims of severe flooding in Timor-Leste, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Mr Henriques as saying the people of Laclubar in central Timor-Leste’s Manatuto municipality need help urgently to buy … Continue reading "Timorese in Macao collecting money for victims of floods"
