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Macau Chief Executive travels to Beijing for official appointment by Central Government

5 September 2019
Ho Iat Seng, Chief Executive-elect of the 5th Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), is scheduled to travel to Beijing from 10 to 12 September to receive the official appointment decree from the State Council, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) said.

Special edition of “Macau Yearbook – 2019” goes on sale

3 September 2019
The special edition in Chinese, Portuguese and English languages of the “Macau Yearbook - 2019” on CD-ROM, will go on sale on 3 September, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) said.

Macau casino revenues see biggest fall of the year in August

2 September 2019
August was the month in which gross revenues from Macau casinos contracted most year-on-year since the beginning of the year, down by 8.6% to 24.262 billion patacas (US$3.032 billion), the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) said.

Kimberley Process Certification System comes into force on 1 October in Macau

30 August 2019
Administrative regulations for the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for the international trade of rough diamonds will come into force in Macau on 1 October, the government said in a statement issued on Thursday.

Ho Iat Seng is the newly elected Chief Executive of Macau

26 August 2019
Ho Iat Seng, former President of the Legislative Assembly, was elected Chief Executive of the 5th Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on Sunday, receiving 392 valid votes, or 98% of the total of 400 members of the Chief Executive Electoral Commission (CEEC).

Macau economy enters a technical recession with 2.5% contraction in the first half of 2019

26 August 2019
Macau fell into a technical recession following two consecutive quarters of contraction in its economy, based on the evolution of Gross Domestic Product, with declines of 1.8% in the second quarter and 3.2% in the first, according to the region's Statistics and Census Bureau.

Macau welcomes 23.8 million visitors from January to July

22 August 2019
Macau received 23.8 million visitors from January to July, up 20.0% year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Bureau.

BNU can help Portuguese-speaking countries enter the Greater Bay Area

20 August 2019
Companies from Portuguese-speaking countries that plan to enter the Greater Bay Area via Macau can benefit from the financial leasing service of Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU), the executive director of the banking institution said.

Shops providing free plastic bags to customers will be fined in Macau

19 August 2019
The free offer of a plastic bag in cases not envisaged by law will be sanctioned with a fine of MOP 1,000 (US$125), according to Law no. 16/2019 on restrictions to the offer of plastic bags, published today in the official gazette.

Macau culture contributes to cultural construction of Greater Bay

13 August 2019
Macau's culture, with its unique historical and human characteristics, the result of hundreds of years of exchange between Chinese and Western culture, contributes to the cultural construction of the Greater Bay, Macau's Chief Executive said on Monday.

Trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries rises 1.17% in the first half of 2019

12 August 2019
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew marginally by 1.17% year-on-year from January to June 2019 to US$70.139 billion, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

Macau’s Social Security Fund has nearly US$10 billion in assets

12 August 2019
Total assets of the Macau Social Security Fund stood at 79.854 billion patacas (US$9.981 billion) at the end of 2018, a year-on-year increase of 3.16%, according to the Social Security Fund Annual Report for last year.

Macau population reaches 672,000 people in June 2019

9 August 2019
Macau's population totalled 672,000 people at the end of June 2019, a quarterly increase of 1,100 people, according to the region's Statistics and Census Bureau.

Macau had 107,900 cars at the end of the first half

8 August 2019
The number of cars registered in Macau at the end of the first half totalled 107,900, an increase of 0.8% year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Bureau.

Macau’s liberal professionals visit Brazil in fourth quarter

6 August 2019
Professionals from Macau are scheduled to pay a visit to Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2019 on an exchange with their Brazilian counterparts, including lawyers, the president of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said on Monday.

Macau casino revenues falls 3.5% in July

2 August 2019
Macau's gross casino revenues fell 3.5% year-on-year in July to 24.453 billion patacas (US$3.056 billion), the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said.

Macau’s trade deficit improves in the first half of 2019

31 July 2019
Macau's trade deficit improved by 3.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2019 to 36.016 billion patacas (US$4.502 billion), according to the Statistics and Census Bureau.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries increases 3.8% from January to May

30 July 2019
The value of trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grew 3.8% year-on-year to US$58.836 billion between January and May 2019, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.

North Korean airline resumes flights to Macau in August

24 July 2019
Direct flights between Pyongyang and Macau will be resumed on 2 August by North Korean air carrier Air Koryo, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said on Tuesday.

Macau welcomes 20.2 million visitors from January to June 2019

23 July 2019
More than 20.2 million people visited Macau in the first half of 2019, an increase of 20.6% year-on-year, according to the region's Statistics and Census Bureau, which added that visitors remained in the territory for an average of 1.1 days, or a drop of 0.1 days.
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