The University of Macau (UM) forecast yesterday that Macau’s economy will grow 8.3 percent this year and 7.1 percent next year.
The forecast was jointly announced by the public university’s Department of Economics and UM Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) during a press conference on the university’s campus on Hengqin Island.
Yesterday’s press conference was co-hosted by Kwan Fung, assistant professor of the Department of Economics, Legislator Agnes Lam Iok Fong, director of the Centre for Macau Studies, and Chan Chi Shing, post-doctoral research fellow of the Centre for Macau Studies.
University of Macau (UM) Department of Economics Assistant Professor Kwan Fung (centre), UM Centre for Macau Studies (CMS) Director Agnes Lam Iok Fong (left), and CMS Post-doctoral Research Fellow Chan Chi Shing address yesterday’s press conference on the university’s Hengqin campus about the university’s 2018-2019 forecast for Macau economic growth. Photo: UM
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