GDP growth slows to 1.6 pct in Q3

Macau’s 116 hotels and inns recorded 444,000 guests in October, a year-on-year growth of 1.0 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.While mainland guests dropped by 5.6 percent to 340,000, local guests rose by 35.6 percent to 78,000, according to a DSEC statement earlier this week.Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions worldwide, staycations have become increasingly popular among Macau people.Guests’ average length of stay rose by 0.2 night year-on-year to 1.9

GUANGZHOU – Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, arrived yesterday in Guangdong to begin an inspection tour of the province abutting Macau and Hong Kong.In the city of Chaozhou, Xi visited local cultural and historical landmarks, including an ancient bridge, an ancient gate tower and a street lined with ancient memorial archways, to inspect the restoration and protection of cultural relics, preservation of intangible cultural heritage, and the