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Aligned with the Macao Special Administrative Region Government’s policy towards refinement of subsidy schemes, the Tourism Fund remodeled its current subsidy mechanism to meet the following newest principles of financial support granted by the Macao SAR’s autonomous funds, to unfold four specialized subsidy programs of 2022 at two stages. Following the former launch of the specialized subsidy program for “Development of community tourism and economy” for the first stage, three other specialized subsidy programs for “Gastronomic culture promotion”, “Maritime tourism” and “Tourism Industry Training” are now opened for the second stage to welcome applications from 15 November until 10 December 2021. Subsidized activities/projects are required to unfold between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023.
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To encourage response and as an appreciation for the participation of households in the 2021 Population Census, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) held “Early Census Response for Greater Chance of Winning Lucky Draw” and “Cooperating Households Lucky Draw” in August and September respectively. The prize presentation ceremony took place today (5 Nov), where DSEC Director Ieong Meng Chao, Deputy Director Cheng I Wan and Deputy Director Mak Hang Chan presented the prizes to the winning households.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that there were 15,996 wholesale & retail establishments, market stalls and fixed street stalls operating in 2020, an increase of 256 year-on-year; however, total number of persons engaged decreased by 436 to 71,575, with employees accounting for 80.7% of the total. As affected by the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia, receipts of Wholesale & Retail Trade fell by 34.8% year-on-year to MOP 85.06 billion, and expenditure dropped by 32.0% to MOP 81.27 billion. Gross Surplus totalled MOP 3.07 billion, a decline of 75.2% year-on-year. Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy slid by 44.5% year-on-year to MOP 13.36 billion, and Gross Fixed Capital Formation dropped by 34.6% to MOP 729 million.
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The Public Art Exhibition of the spectacular event “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021”, themed “Technology of Well-being”, allows the audience to feel the tension and beauty in art through close contact with the artworks, bringing an immersive cultural atmosphere to the entire city as a gallery and an art garden. The last public artwork of this edition of “Art Macao” – a large-scale sculpture “Chakra” by Italian artist Riccardo Cordero, is now on display at Tap Siac Square.
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The Chinese, Portuguese and English electronic edition of Macao Yearbook 2021, which is compiled by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) of the Macao SAR, is published today (5 November).
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According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the total number of personal credit cards and debit cards issued by banks in Macao increased in the third quarter of 2021. The turnover of credit cards and debit cards both witnessed decreases from a quarter earlier. On the other hand, the number and the value of transactions of local mobile payment tools continued to rise on a quarterly basis.
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Healthquarantine requirements and measures for inbound travellers of differentidentities.
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Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Traditional Music and Dance Performance in the Community, featured in the programme of the 3^rd “Encounter in Macao - Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, will be held on 6 and 7 November (Saturday and Sunday), featuring a total of 8 performances to be presented at 2pm at Largo Eduardo Marques, Coloane, at 3:30pm at Barra Square, at 5pm at Ruins of St. Paul’s, and at 6:30pm in Iao Hon Market Park. The Dance and Singing Group of Fujian Province, originally scheduled to participate in the performance, was unable to visit Macao due to the epidemic prevention and control measures in Mainland China. Local performance groups will continue to present performances to the public and all are welcome to experience the charm of performing arts from Portuguese-speaking countries and feel the festive atmosphere.
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