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Food delivery service is very common, to ensure the safety of takeaway plastic tableware used by food outlets, the Consumer Council and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) tested 30 samples of plastic tableware collected from 15 food outlets to test their contents of extractable substances. Details of the report has been published in issue 331 Consumer Report.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 244,313 as at end-February 2021, up by 1.5% year-on-year. Light automobiles (111,606) and heavy motorcycles (103,171) grew by 1.8% and 3.2% year-on-year respectively. As vehicle registration services were suspended for a period in February last year, new registration of motor vehicles in February this year jumped by 110.3% year-on-year to 917, of which heavy motorcycles (445) and light automobiles (435) surged by 131.8% and 95.9% respectively. In the first two months of 2021, new registration of motor vehicles increased by 62.6% year-on-year to 2,194. Number of traffic accidents in February totalled 919, with 280 persons injured. In the first two months of 2021, there were 2,117 traffic accidents, which caused 676 injuries.
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The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government expresses its firm support and backing for the adoption, approved by the National People’s Congress (NPC), of amendments regarding Annexes I and II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR.
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Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) yesterday (29 March 2021) opened the pre-qualification documents for the construction of Temporary Housing and Home Swap units on Lot P. A total number of 12 pre-qualification documents were received, comprising two independent companies and 10 joint ventures, with a total of 28 companies involved. Those documents were basically accepted, with eight of the applications requiring supplementary documents.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export amounted to MOP729 million in February 2021, down by 16.8% year-on-year. Value of re-exports (MOP638 million) declined by 21.0%, with that of Articles for casino and Garments falling by 87.4% and 74.7% respectively. Meanwhile, value of domestic exports (MOP91 million) grew by 30.9%, with that of Garments and Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits & other bakers’ wares soaring by 295.4% and 279.9% respectively. Total merchandise import surged by 102.8% year-on-year to MOP7.76 billion, of which imports of Gold jewellery, Mobile phones and Handbags & wallets swelled by 640.5%, 528.8% and 417.7% respectively, but those of Other textile made-up articles and Articles for casino declined by 70.6% and 45.8% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in February 2021 totalled MOP7.03 billion.
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The online registration period for the exchange of the Rat and Ox Zodiac banknotes and the previously issued 20th Anniversary of the Return to the Motherland of Macao banknotes will end at 6:00pm on 9 April 2021 (Friday). The Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind those citizens who are interested in exchanging for the said banknotes to complete the registration process before the mentioned deadline.
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To facilitate the ‘tourism + MICE’ integration and give play to its synergistic effects, the Macao SAR Government held the ‘Macao Week in Hangzhou’ roadshow for four consecutive days, which displayed information about the features of Macao’s tourism, commerce and trade, culture and gastronomy. During the event, a Macao tourism and MICE presentation seminar and a business matching session for Hangzhou and Macao entrepreneurs were organised to promote Macao as a healthy and safe travel destination, and to foster exchange and collaboration in business and trade between the two regions.
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Tickets for the 31^st Macao Arts Festival (MAF), organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, went on sale simultaneously through the Macau Ticketing Network outlets, telephone and online booking from 10am on 28 March. This year’s MAF has received an enthusiastic response from the public and sales reached a satisfactory result as more than 4,700 tickets were sold up to 7pm on the first day of ticket sales, which accounted for 63% of the total number of tickets. Many programmes were highly sought after and tickets for over 34 shows were sold out.
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Macao, a healthy, safe and quality destination
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 120 hotels & guesthouses were open for business in February 2021, an increase of 3 year-on-year; number of available guest rooms dropped by 4.4% to 36,000. Data on hotels & guesthouses designated for medical observation were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms stood at 38.5%, representing a year-on-year growth of 23.7 percentage points and yet a month-to-month decrease of 1.8 percentage points.
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