26 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that value of retail sales for the first quarter of 2021 totalled MOP18.75 billion, up by 68.0% year-on-year. After removing the effect of price changes, the sales volume index soared by 76.4% year-on-year. Among the major retail trade activities, sales values of Communication Equipment (+182.4%), Leather … Continue reading "Results of Macao retail sales survey for 1st quarter of 2021"
25 May 2021
Organized by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM) under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), and co-organized by the Architects Association of Macau, the “17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia – Exhibits from Macao, China” was opened to the public on 22 May in Venice, presenting the relationship … Continue reading "Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao participates in the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia with exhibition themed “Connectivities”"
25 May 2021
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of Financial Activities for the first 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 "Survey on Macao manpower needs and wages for the 1st quarter of 2021 – Financial activities"
25 May 2021
According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the composite interest rates of Macao’s banking sector for the pataca (MOP) and the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) registered decreases in the first quarter of 2021. At end-March 2021, the composite interest rates for MOP and HKD fell 9 basis points and 14 basis … Continue reading "Macao’s composite interest rates – 1st Quarter 2021"
24 May 2021
The Macao Scientific and Cultural Centre in Lisbon says it will hold online next Friday a conference on the designation of Macao as a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Creative City of Gastronomy. The centre posted on its website an announcement saying its head, Carmen Amado Mendes, will open the conference. The announcement says … Continue reading "Macao institution in Lisbon to hold gastronomy conference"
24 May 2021
In order to contribute to the reinforcement of the role of Macao as a basis for intercultural sharing and a platform for Sino-Lusophone cooperation, and with the aim of sharing with the Higher Education Institutions of Portuguese Speaking Countries and Regions the experiences of the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) in institutional quality improvement processes, the … Continue reading "MPI participates in Online Forum on Models and Experiences of Institutional Quality Assurance in Higher Education"
24 May 2021
The University of Macau Centre for Continuing Education says it is taking until next Wednesday applications by mainland Chinese school pupils to attend a summer study programme at the university. Places are open to pupils at secondary schools in nine particular cities in the province of Guangdong, which adjoins Macao, or at other important secondary … Continue reading "Summer studies in Macao beckon mainland Chinese pupils"
24 May 2021
As affected by the novel coronavirus pneumonia for more than a year, tourism activities have been subdued, which led to an accumulation of consumption capacity of visitors. Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) increased by 23.5% year-on-year to MOP6.18 billion in the first quarter … Continue reading "Results of Macao visitor expenditure survey for the 1st quarter of 2021"
21 May 2021
Macao enterprises have struck deals to sell goods produced in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world to buyers in the city of Nanjing, capital of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, according to the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, or IPIM. IPIM issued a written statement saying the deals were done in a business-matching session … Continue reading "Macao dealers sell products of lusophone world in Nanjing"
21 May 2021
Crime enforcement statistics from the security authorities for the first three months of 2021 show Macao remains a secure and safe city. According to the police-enforcement statistics published today, the tally of all suspected crime cases reported in Macao in the first quarter of 2021 saw a 20.8-percent increase year-on-year, to 2,914 instances. While that … Continue reading "Crime enforcement statistics show Macao remains a safe city"
21 May 2021
Celebration of the Santo António Festival, which commemorates a 13th-century Portuguese Christian saint, will be revived in Macao this year after a long hiatus, Lusa reports. The Portuguese news agency quotes Consul-General of Portugal in Macao and Hong Kong Paulo Cunha Alves as saying so on Monday. The festival will be celebrated on June 12 … Continue reading "Festival commemorating Portuguese saint to return to Macao"
20 May 2021
The “Macao Week in Jiangsu” roadshow was held splendidly along the Pedestrian Street at Confucius Temple in Nanjing for four days in a row from 14 – 17 May, in tandem with the offline and online promotions to raise Macao’s profile as a healthy, safe and quality destination and attract Mainland visitors to Macao. The … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Jiangsu” abounds with spectators Radiating Macao’s “tourism +” glamour for four days"
20 May 2021
Governor Hui Jianlin of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu believes Macao, by functioning as a place where China and the Portuguese-speaking world can do business, can help Jiangsu enterprises penetrate lusophone markets, the Macao SAR Government says. Mr Hui said so when he met Macao Secretary for the Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong … Continue reading "Jiangsu wants Macao help to penetrate lusophone markets"
20 May 2021
The newly formed Science Promotion Association in Macao intends to support projects by researchers in the city, in mainland China and in Portuguese-speaking parts of the world, Plataforma Macau reports. The publication says the association will use its website to form a network of representatives of all the universities in Macao, and of universities elsewhere … Continue reading "Macao Science Promotion Association to back joint research"
20 May 2021
The 2020 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption of Macao was published in the Official Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region today (20 May). In 2020, under the pandemic, the CCAC still carried out the actions in the areas of anti-corruption, ombudsman and promotion and education in a pragmatic and orderly way in accordance with … Continue reading "2020 Annual Report of the CCAC of Macao published in Official Gazette"
18 May 2021
A demonstration of how to prepare Macanese and Portuguese food, a feature of Macao Week in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, was shown live online, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says. The MGTO issued a written statement saying the demonstration was given last Saturday at the Jinling Hotel in the provincial capital, Nanjing, … Continue reading "Chef demonstrates Macanese, Portuguese cooking in Nanjing"
18 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 1,987 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the first quarter of 2021 as per Stamp Duty record, and the total value of transactions was MOP10.52 billion, down by 16.1% and 22.4% respectively quarter-to-quarter. Purchase and sale of residential … Continue reading "Macao private sector construction and real estate transactions for the 1st quarter of 2021"
17 May 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 54 institutions offering vocational training courses in 2020. A total of 1,343 courses were organised, which decreased by 30.6% owing to the suspension of courses by some training institutions amid the pandemic. Total number of participants dropped by 25.3% to 61,292. Analysed by … Continue reading "Survey on Macao vocational training 2020"
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"
