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Since its start of trial operation in late March, the Macao Grand Prix Museum has gained wide popularity. With the steady upward trend of visitor arrivals, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) continues to carry out promotion through different channels to attract more visitors to Macao for a first-hand experience of this brand-new tourism product and a closer glimpse of the Macau Grand Prix’s history. More Mainland visitors are expected to arrive in Macao during the 1^st May Labour Day Holidays. The Macao Grand Prix Museum will hence add new ticket quotas for purchase in advance. Visitors and residents are welcome to buy tickets online for scheduled visits on a first-come, first-served basis.
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In view of a forecast growth in the number of visitors to Macao during the Labour Day holiday starting from 1 May, Government departments have made intensive preparations in relation to boundary-crossing controls, customs procedures, public health, and anti-epidemic control measures.
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In order to increase the green quality of the city, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) intends to plant around 5,000 trees in the green belts and pavements of the main roads in all districts across Macao in 2020 and 2021. So far, nearly 4,000 trees have been planted in seedling form to better balance root and canopy growth, giving priority to tree species grown in southern China that are highly wind and drought resistant.
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The Macao Giant Panda Pavilion managed by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will be open to the public and tourists for free from May 1. To comply with disease prevention measures and to maintain order on site, the public can make bookings for visits to the Macao Giant Panda Pavilion through the “Advance booking system for visiting green facilities (Individual)” (https://app.iam.gov.mo/gfbooking) from April 30.
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In order to know more about Macao residents’ perception of cultural and performing arts events, the Cultural Affairs Bureau is carrying out the “Performing Arts Events Audience Survey Research 2021”, which aims to support in the planning and formulation of future arts development policies through in-depth analysis of the data. The public is invited to participate in the survey, and all respondents who complete the survey will be eligible to win a prize.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for January-March 2021 held steady over the previous period (December 2020-February 2021), at 2.9%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 4.0%, up by 0.1 percentage point. In addition, the underemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points to 4.8%.
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The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the second Macao Humanities Forum featuring Prof Pan Gongkai, former president of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and former president of the China Academy of Art (CAA). During the event, Prof Pan delivered a speech on the pursuit of interdisciplinarity in arts and life. According to Prof Pan, ‘interdisciplinary’ is the way to go in arts.
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The second issue of the Portuguese International Academic Journal “Orientes do Português”, co-founded by the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the University of Porto in Portugal, is now officially available online (https://orientes-do-portugues.ipm.edu.mo). The editors welcome all Chinese and Portuguese experts, teachers and students of higher education institutions, and other interested parties to access the above the mentioned website for free. This issue contains a wide range of entries, including articles from well-known Lusophone and Chinese universities such as the University of Porto in Portugal, thePontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Sun Yat-sen University, Macao Polytechnic Institute, as well as from the world’s top universities such as University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The contributions from academic scholars show that the academic influence of this journal is expanding, and that the influence of the research results of Chinese and Portuguese scholars on the international scale is increasing day by day.
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As consumption by citizens and the number of inbound tourists are expected to increase during Labour Day Holiday, the Consumer Council held a meeting earlier with Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT)), Macao Government Tourist Office (DST), Transport Bureau (DSAT), Judiciary Police (PJ), Public Security Police Force (PSP), Macao Custom Service, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), Health Bureau (SS) and Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) to discuss on the protection of consumer rights for local citizens as well as inbound tourists.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 244,457 as at end-March 2021, up by 1.3% year-on-year. Light automobiles (111,644) and heavy motorcycles (103,454) grew by 1.5% and 3.2% year-on-year respectively. New registration of motor vehicles in March rose by 34.3% year-on-year to 1,312, with that of heavy motorcycles (714) and light automobiles (564) increasing by 36.3% and 54.1% respectively. In the first quarter of 2021, new registration of motor vehicles surged by 50.7% year-on-year to 3,506. Number of traffic accidents in March totalled 958, with 341 persons injured. In the first quarter of 2021, there were 3,075 traffic accidents, which caused 1,017 injuries.
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