CE: Macao devoting active effort to scientific and technological innovation serving Greater Bay Area
26 November 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today said Macao would devote further effort – utilising the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone as a platform – in relation to cooperation on scientific and technological innovation within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area). In addition, the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government was committed … Continue reading "CE: Macao devoting active effort to scientific and technological innovation serving Greater Bay Area"
26 November 2021
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao held with the collaboration of the Guangdong-Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park the first session of an online training course on the use of traditional medicine to tackle COVID-19. The training course was supported by the Macao SAR Government Health Bureau, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese … Continue reading "First session held successfully of online training course about the use of Traditional Medicine to tackle COVID-19"
26 November 2021
Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has said his government is ready to help Macao and lusophone countries cooperate more closely in higher education and in turning out graduates with vocational qualifications. An official statement quotes Mr Ho as telling the 11th conference of the Forum of Higher Education Management in Portuguese-speaking Countries and … Continue reading "Ho urges international cooperation in higher education"
26 November 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that value of retail sales for the third quarter of 2021 totalled MOP15.98 billion, up by 78.1% year-on-year. After removing the effect of price changes, the sales volume index surged by 86.5% year-on-year. Among the major retail trade activities, sales values of Communication Equipment (+218.6%), Watches, … Continue reading "Results of Macao retail sales survey for 3rd quarter of 2021"
26 November 2021
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of Financial Activities for the third quarter of 2021. The Survey covers the Banking Sector, Other Financial Intermediation, Insurance and Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation, including financial institutions supervised by the Monetary Authority of Macao, but excluding insurance agents … Continue reading "Macao survey on manpower needs and wages for the 3rd quarter of 2021 – Financial activities"
26 November 2021
According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, funding costs of the local banking sector generally declined in the third quarter of 2021. At end-September 2021, the composite interest rates for MOP and HKD fell 2 basis points and 3 basis points, from 0.50% and 0.86% at end-June 2021 to 0.48% and … Continue reading "Macao’s composite interest rates – 3rd Quarter 2021"
25 November 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, officiated at the launch of the 4K-definition documentary “Crunch and Munch in Macao,” which has China Media Group as a co-producer, and celebrates the 22nd anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland. The launch ceremony was held on Wednesday (24 November) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Also officiating at … Continue reading "CE in Guangzhou for launch of documentary celebrating the MSAR’s 22nd anniversary"
25 November 2021
The 2021 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao) (2021PLPEX), in collaboration with the “Global Ingredients, Taste of Shanghai” catering event, has earlier released the first “Global Wine．Shanghai Wine List – Recommended Wine List of Portuguese-speaking Countries in 2021”. By doing so, 2021PLPEX aims to foster economic, trade and cultural exchanges and co-operation between … Continue reading "2021PLPEX organises Portuguese-speaking countries’ wine tasting and promotional activities to assist Macao’s enterprises in “going global”"
24 November 2021
An association of Chinese and Portuguese businesses, PorCham, has formed a branch in Shanghai, Plataforma Macau reports, citing PorCham President Dário Silva. Mr Silva said a member was letting PorCham use free of charge 700 square metres of office space in Shanghai, where the association could hold events and exhibit Portuguese products and culture, according … Continue reading "Sino-Portuguese business association forms Shanghai branch"
24 November 2021
A facility set up by the Portuguese Institute of the Orient, Macau, or IPOR Macau, has begun teaching the Portuguese language in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Ponto Final reports. The Macao newspaper quotes IPOR Macau Director Joaquim Ramos Coelho as saying in an interview that the Chengdu facility is already … Continue reading "IPOR Macau begins teaching Portuguese language in Chengdu"
22 November 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, will start tomorrow a campaign to promote food, drink and other goods produced in Macao and parts of the Portuguese-speaking world, the institute says. The campaign comprises 16 gatherings, one each weekend until January 23, in the Portuguese-speaking Countries Food Products Exhibition Centre in Macao, IPIM … Continue reading "IPIM campaign to promote products of Macao, lusophone world"
Opening of exhibition by Timor-Leste artist as part of the ‘Lusophone Polychromes’ exhibition series
22 November 2021
The inauguration ceremony for the “Memória e Presença” exhibition, which features work by Timor-Leste artist Mr Inu Bere, was held at the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex, on October 19, at 6.30pm. The event was organised by the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, under the “Lusophone Polychromes” exhibition series, part of the 13th Cultural Week of … Continue reading "Opening of exhibition by Timor-Leste artist as part of the ‘Lusophone Polychromes’ exhibition series"
19 November 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) boosted by 374.3% year-on-year to MOP4.80 billion in the third quarter of 2021, attributable to a surge of 143.6% in number of visitor arrivals and a growth of per-capita spending of visitors. Total spending of overnight visitors (MOP4.22 … Continue reading "Results of Macao visitor expenditure survey for the 3rd Quarter of 2021"
19 November 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 2,122 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the third quarter of 2021 as per Stamp Duty record, and the total value of transactions was MOP13.34 billion, down by 22.3% and 16.6% respectively quarter-to-quarter. Purchase and sale of residential … Continue reading "Macao private sector construction and real estate transactions for the 3rd quarter of 2021"
18 November 2021
The International Lusophone Markets Business Association, or ACIML, has agreed to help a Macao subsidiary of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd (GPHL) of mainland China to venture into markets in the Portuguese-speaking world, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA says Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group (Macau) International Development Co. Ltd (GPG Macau) Deputy Chairman Li Hong and … Continue reading "Association to assist GPHL effort to tap lusophone markets"
17 November 2021
Two seminars about the advantages of doing business in Macao and the business environment in the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone on the adjacent mainland Chinese island of Hengqin were well attended, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. Nearly 60 representatives of associations in Macao of businesspeople from Portuguese-speaking parts of the … Continue reading "Lusophones learn about doing business in Macao, on Hengqin"
16 November 2021
The 2021 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair will be held at The Venetian Macao resort from November 26 to 28, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. IPIM and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province are jointly putting on the fair, the institute announced in writing last week. The fair … Continue reading "Potential seen in Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair"
15 November 2021
The 2021 Portuguese-Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao), or PLPEX, will be held from December 10 to 12, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The institute announced in writing that the PLPEX will be held at the same time as the 26th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (MIF), and … Continue reading "PLPEX, MIF, Macao Franchise Expo set for December 10 to 12"
15 November 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) has announced the unveiling of its electronic system for automatically recognising spoken Chinese and simultaneously giving an interpretation in Portuguese, and vice-versa. The written announcement, issued on Wednesday, the day after the unveiling, quotes Lin Manlin, an assistant at the MPI Engineering Research Centre of Applied Technology on Machine Translation … Continue reading "Macao poly introduces Chinese-Portuguese interpreting system"
12 November 2021
Nearly 120 officials and businesspeople attended the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Area Global Conference 2021, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM, says. The institute issued a written statement saying the conference took place in Shanghai on Monday, during the 4th China International Import Expo, which ended yesterday. Those attending discussed the special economic zone … Continue reading "International function of Macao a talking point in Shanghai"
