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Commemorative postmark cancellation service of “30th Anniversary of the Professional Civil Servants Association of Macao”
To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Professional Civil Servants Association of Macao, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at our Philatelic Shop of General Post Office, from 9:00 to 12:00 on 30th November 2019 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “30th Anniversary of the Professional Civil Servants Association of Macao”.
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Commemorative postmark cancellation service of “130th Anniversary of the Founding of the Pui Ching Middle School”
To celebrate the 130th Anniversary of the Founding of the Pui Ching Middle School, Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau announces that a Temporary Post Counter will be set up at Avenida de Horta e Costa, No.7, Pui Ching Middle School, from 11:00 to 16:30 on 23rd November 2019 providing the commemorative postmark cancellation service for the “130th Anniversary of the Founding of the Pui Ching Middle School”.
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Industrial structure of Macao 2018
Gross Value Added of all economic activities of Macao increased by 5.8% year-on-year in real terms in 2018, underpinned by the growth in Gross Value Added of Gaming & Junket Activities (+10.0%) and Hotels & Similar Activities (+11.4%). The ratio of Gross Value Added to Gross Output of all economic activities rose by 1.4 percentage points to 69.0%.
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2019 Macao International Parade holds outreach performances in the community
The “2019 Macao International Parade”, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Macao’s handover to China, will be held on 8 December. Themed around the cultures of countries and regions along the Initiative “One Belt, One Road”, this year’s Parade features 61 local groups and 19 groups from 16 countries and regions. During the three consecutive weeks before the day of the Parade (from 18 November to 7 December), a number of local and foreign participating groups will present an array of excellent outreach performances in the community.
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Results of visitor expenditure survey for the 3rd quarter of 2019
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors in the third quarter of 2019 dropped by 17.2% year-on-year to MOP15.20 billion, with that of overnight visitors (MOP12.19 billion) and same-day visitors (MOP3.01 billion) decreasing by 20.0% and 3.2% respectively. In the first three quarters of 2019, total spending of visitors amounted to MOP47.83 billion, down by 6.7% year-on-year; total spending of overnight visitors (MOP37.39 billion) fell by 9.4%, whereas that of same-day visitors (MOP10.45 billion) increased by 4.6% on account of a 30.6% surge in number of same-day visitors.
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UM becomes first in Macao to win inter-varsity debate competitions in four languages after Portuguese win
After winning championships in the Mandarin category, Cantonese category, and English category of an inter-varsity debate competition in Macao, the University of Macau (UM) recently won the championship of the Tenth Portuguese Debate Competition for Higher Education Institutions in China and Asia. This is the first time that UM’s Portuguese Debating Team has won a championship at this competition.
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