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Published by the Cultural Affairs Bureau and produced by Like Entertainment & Production Co. Ltd., the thirty-ninth issue of C² will be launched this Wednesday (3 June).
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The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) keeps up with its effort in providing quality education regardless of the situation of the pandemic. Dr. Fernando Lourenço, Assistant Professor of IFTM, led students via virtual method to develop marketing campaigns and pop-up store design for a newly open vintage clothing store called “Triple Story” that was started by three recent IFTM graduates.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 66 institutions offering vocational training courses in 2019, an increase of 10 year-on-year. A total of 1,929 courses were organised, up by 9.5%. With the third phase of the Continuing Education Development Plan ending in 2019, number of participants rose by 19.3% year-on-year to 81,926 due to a relatively high level of enrolment.
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Around 18,000 Primary 1 to 3 students from 59 schools in Macao returned to school to resume classes on 1^st June and 2^nd June. The related schools had followed the Guidelines for Class Resumption issued by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the “DSEJ”) to disinfect the school campus and strengthen their hygiene measures, as well as conduct a drill on class resumption. All school staff and cross-border students had passed their nucleic acid tests as well.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 239,663 as at end-April 2020, a slight increase of 0.6% year-on-year. Light automobiles (109,392) and heavy motorcycles (99,751) rose by 1.4% and 1.9% respectively, whereas light motorcycles (23,156) dropped by 7.5%. New registration of motor vehicles in April reduced by 5.4% year-on-year to 857, with that of light automobiles (287) falling by 25.5% whereas heavy motorcycles (556) rising by 15.6%. In the first four months of 2020, new registration of motor vehicles decreased by 20.4% year-on-year to 3,183. Number of traffic accidents in April totalled 613, with 208 injuries. In the first four months, there were 2,702 traffic accidents, involving 942 victims and 3 of them were killed.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 48.7% year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter of 2020. The epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia has significantly dampened global economic activity. Although no widespread transmission of the virus was observed within the city, the economy of Macao, which was mainly driven by exports of services, was severely hit amid the epidemic, with a substantial decline in total demand. In terms of external demand, exports of services dropped by 60.0% year-on-year, with exports of gaming services and other tourism services falling by 61.5% and 63.9% respectively; moreover, exports of goods saw a decrease of 23.5%. Domestic demand slid further by 17.5% year-on-year, dragged down by the reduction in investment in fixed assets and private consumption expenditure. On the other hand, government final consumption expenditure rose by 5.0%. Imports of goods and services went down by 30.8% and 30.3% respectively.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that number of MICE events held in the first quarter of 2020 declined by 69.8% (-263) year-on-year to 114, including 109 meetings & conferences, 3 exhibitions and 2 incentives. The decrease in MICE events was attributable to the postponement or cancellation of events due to the epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia. Besides, number of participants and attendees reduced by 75.9% to 80,000.
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Gong Yang, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education of the University of Macau (UM), has published an article on Chinese language teaching and learning worldwide in Language Teaching. As the first review article on Chinse language education published in this journal, it has been cited many times since it was published online in January this year.
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