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Economic and Trade Departments in Macao and Hengqin introduce to Portuguese youth enterprises online
In order to promote Macao and Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Co-operation Zone in Hengqin to overseas markets and to leverage the function of Macao’s China-Portuguese-speaking countries platform, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Portugal-China Young Entrepreneurs Association (AJEPC) jointly organised the “Join Macao, Seize PSCs Opportunities” Online Investor Presentation Session on 23 February. The event was held online and offline in both Macao and Portugal, during which representatives from the Economic Development Bureau of Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Co-operation Zone in Hengqin made a themed presentation. The event attracted over 30 enterprises.
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MICE statistics for the 4th quarter of 2022
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 197 MICE events were held in Macao in the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of 34 year-on-year. Meanwhile, number of participants & attendees dropped by 15.4% year-on-year to 608,000 as number of large exhibitions decreased.
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806 Temporary Residency Applications Handled in 2022
In 2022, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute has handled 806 temporary residency applications for "Investors, Managerial Personnel and Professionals with Special Qualifications". Among them, there were 511 renewal applications, 20 applications for residency extension to family dependent, and 275 new applications.
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MGTO welcomes Taiwan travel trade to Macao for exchange and familiarization to spur tourism and economic recovery
Macao’s travel trade organizations invited over 60 members of the travel trade from Taiwan region to Macao for a familiarization trip and hosted a Taiwan & Macao travel trade networking seminar in Macao today (22 February). Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) welcomed industry delegates of both sides to keep enhancing tourism cooperation for tourism and economic recovery in Macao and Taiwan region.
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UM holds Inauguration Ceremony of Satellite Ground Station and Symposium on Disaster and Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Satellite Ground Station of the University of Macau (UM) and Symposium on Disaster and Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies was recently held at UM. The event was organised by the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) of UM, with assistance from the Department of Ocean Science and Technology of UM’s Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics (Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources). The symposium attracted many experts and scholars from mainland China, who during the event discussed innovations in remote sensing technology and their applications in urban disaster prevention and marine environment protection.
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IAM to hold 4 seminars to discuss the optimisation of standards of use of food additives with the sector
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) is broadly collecting the opinions of the local food sector on “Standards of use of food additives in food” and will hold four seminars for the sector in early March to learn about the actual use of food additives in the local food production sector and exchange views on the optimisation of the relevant food safety standards. Meanwhile, the sector can also submit the questionnaire on use of food additives and opinion collection form before 10 March or call the Food Safety Hotline to give IAM their opinions and suggestions through multiple channels.
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Beware of fraudulent calls purportedly from government departments
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has recently received a number of reports concerning telephone fraud. Scammers pretended to be representatives from judicial authorities or government departments and informed the victim via the phone that the latter had unclaimed court summons. They also concocted a story about the victim being part of a criminal investigation and demanded personal information. The victim became suspicious, responded with caution and was not deceived. PJ would like to remind the public that officials from judicial authorities and government departments will neither issue notice through telephone recording, nor will they request personal data over the phone.
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Combining the appeal of international organisations to hold exhibitions and conferences to promote the moderate diversification of Macao’s economy
In order to facilitate the appropriate diversification of Macao’s economy, create more possibilities for Macao’s co-operation with the rest of the world, enhance its international status and influence, and in response to global climate change and China’s active participation in global environmental governance, facilitating the co-operation between the Macao Special Administrative Region and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), a professional organisation in the sustainable development of global tropical forest resources, is of great significance.
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13% of Employers Not Yet Paid Contributions, FSS Calls for More Use of Electronic Channels
As of 20 February, about 3,500 employers still have not yet paid Social Security System’s obligatory system contributions for their employees for the fourth quarter of 2022, accounting for about 13% of the total employers who are required to pay contributions. The Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) calls on employers and residents to make more use of the electronic channels for payment of contributions or to use the appointment service.
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