Retail sales dip 0.5 pct in Q3, Oct inflation hits 2.86 pct

The value of Macau’s retail sales dipped by 0.5 percent year-on-year to 18.06 billion patacas, while the sales volume dropped by 0.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday.The value of sales of adults’ clothing and motor vehicles fell by 18.1 percent and 9.3 percent respectively, while the value of sales of cosmetics and sanitary articles rose by 15.9 percent and the one of communications equipment grew by 12.9 percent respectively.In the first three quarters, the

November 26, 2019 | BY admin

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By-election winner vows to fight for better business environment for SMEs

The winner of yesterday’s by-election of a business sector seat in the Legislative Assembly (AL), Wang Sai Man, told reporters that as a lawmaker he will fight for a better business environment for local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Wang was the sole candidate. The 49-year-old businessman garnered 98.9 percent of the votes cast.Wang, a board member of the influential Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM), spoke to reporters yesterday morning after casting his vote in the by-election

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Groups hold carnival to raise children’s rights awareness

Hundreds of people joined a carnival on Saturday to raise awareness of children’s rights, with the goal of building an open, respectful and appropriate growth environment for children in Macau.The carnival held in Areia Preta Park was jointly organised by the Against Child Abuse (Macau) Association, Macau Breastfeeding and Nurturing Promotion Association, Fountain of Hope Association, and Good Shepherd Centre. The event was co-sponsored by the Social Affairs Bureau (IAS), Macau International

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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97.5 pct of banks’ vacancies require English

Some 97.5 percent of local banks’ vacancies in the third quarter required English-language skills, while 97.1 percent required Putonghua, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) saidAccording to the bureau’s survey on manpower needs and wages for the third quarter of this year, 53.5 percent of the 314 vacancies required work experience and 94.3 percent required tertiary education.The 314 vacancies included 175 for clerks, including 59 for tellers. The number of vacancies rose by 46

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Local man robs 3 sex workers in 1 day: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Thursday for robbing three prostitutes in a single day earlier last week, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference on Friday.Lai identified the suspect as a 27-year-old surnamed Wong who told the police that he works as a commercial driver.The first victim, a mainlander in her twenties, reported to the police on Tuesday night that a man had robbed her of two mobile phones worth a total of 8,300 yuan (8,500 patacas), Lai

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Xian Xinghai Museum opens

A museum in commemoration of national composer Xian Xinghai, situated next to government-owned broadcaster TDM in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, opened to the public yesterday.The government held an opening ceremony for the museum on Saturday, which was attended by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah, now a vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Central People’s Government Liaison

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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UM’s Faculty of Business Administration gets AMBA accreditation

The University of Macau’s Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) has officially attained accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), the public university said in a statement on Friday, which described the AMBA as “one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education.”The statement, which did not say when the faculty received the accreditation, pointed out that the University of Macau “is the first and only educational institution in Macau to receive

November 25, 2019 | BY admin

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Delta bridge airport bus service to start next month: govt

The Hong Kong government has told its local counterpart that it is aiming for a bus service between the Macau checkpoint of the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) and Hong Kong’s airport to come into service in the middle of next month, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San said yesterday.Lam made the remarks while speaking to reporters after chairing a regular meeting of the government-appointed Traffic Consultative Council at his bureau.Currently, for those choosing to use

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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HK protests are hurting Shenzhen & Macau: AirAsia

KUALA LUMPUR – Macau and Shenzhen are feeling the impact of protests in Hong Kong as demand for flights to both places is falling, according to Tony Fernandes, the founder of low-cost carrier AirAsia Group.“It is bad,” Fernandes said in an interview at AirAsia’s headquarters near Kuala Lumpur last week. He noted that customarily many travelers look to visit the three cities in one trip.The Malaysian government issued an advisory early this month warning citizens from non-essential

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Oct visitor arrivals ‘only’ rise 1.8 pct

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals last month rose a mere 1.8 percent year-on-year to 3.2 million, while the visitor arrivals in the first 10 months of the year still grew 15.3 percent to 33.4 million, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.In October last year, visitor arrival surged 23.2 percent year-on-year to 3.15 million. The bureau at that time attributed the two-digit growth to the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) in that month.Tourism sector

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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CityU rector urges GBA firms to learn about local students’ ambitions

City University of Macau (CityU) Rector Zhang Shuguang said yesterday that last year about 95 percent of CityU graduates opted to continue with their education or find a job, but he was quick to add that only a few CityU graduates entered the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) job market.Zhang urged employers in the 11-city cluster to learn more about local students’ career ambitions and their job prospects.Zhang made the remarks when talking to reporters on the sidelines of the

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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The Butterfly Effect: ‘Mr. Shi and His Lover’ unfolds complexity of gender and identity

Inspired by the real-life story of a Beijing opera singer and a French diplomat who were both convicted of espionage, local musical drama “Mr. Shi and His Lover” delves into the complex issue of gender and identity through a tale of love and betrayal.The 80-minute recital, laced with Chinese opera, Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” and Western vintage pop with the story playing references to Chinese folklore “The Butterfly Lovers”, was jointly created by the Macau Experimental

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Savour Western delicacies with local flavours

Enjoying fine dining with your loved ones and families is definitely an item on the must-do list for everybody during weekends and holidays.Savour the new style Caesar salad with white anchovy and brioche twinkie; asparagus salad with black beans, Chinese sausage and clam; seafood rice; pineapple carpaccio with coconut sorbet and passion fruit and other dishes will be most tasty treats for celebrating with families or friends, as well as places to chill out.Graham Elliot, an award-winning chef

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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Over 12,000 work in cultural industries

A total of 12,719 people worked in Macau’s cultural industries last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Based on the city’s total workforce of 394,900 in the fourth quarter of last year, 3.2 percent of them worked in the cultural industries.According to a bureau’s statistics on the city’s cultural industries in 2018, 2,246 entities were operating in the industries’ four core domains, namely creative design, cultural exhibitions and performances, art

November 22, 2019 | BY admin

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