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Consumer Report 297 features report on Chinese barbecued meats and braised meats MOU signed by consumer organizations within Greater Bay Area
Siu mei (Chinese barbecued meats) and braised meats are processed pork and poultry food products stored at room temperature, and sold to consumers in pieces cut manually. All the above circumstances mentioned are prone to the growth of bacteria, to safeguard consumers’ health, the Consumer Council and Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) tested 30 samples of these food products and found no pathogenic bacteria nor nonfood colourants. Moreover, the test result shows that char siu (barbecued pork) contains the highest level of sodium.
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Results of retail sales survey for 1st quarter of 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that, benefiting from the sales boom in the Lunar New Year, value of retail sales for the first quarter of 2018 increased by 25.7% year-on-year to MOP20.74 billion. As compared with the revised figure (MOP19.08 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2017, value of retail sales rose by 8.7%. In the first quarter, Watches, Clocks & Jewellery accounted for 21.1% of the total retail sales, followed by Goods in Department Stores (16.0%), Adults' Clothing (14.1%), Leather Goods (12.9%) and Goods in Supermarkets (5.7%).
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Health statistics 2017
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that there were 5 hospitals in Macao in 2017, providing a total of 1,596 in-patient beds, up by 5 year-on-year. Number of in-patients rose by 1.8% year-on-year to 59,000, with an average hospital stay of 7.0 days, down by 0.1 day. Owing to a decrease in the average hospital stay of in-patients and an increase in the number of in-patient beds, the occupancy rate of in-patient beds dropped by 1.2 percentage points to 70.8%, representing the second consecutive year of decline.
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Government proposes to use former Pearl Horizon plot for interim housing
The Government has proposed to use former Pearl Horizon plot to provide interim housing primary for those affected by the redevelopment of the city’s old districts under the existing urban renewal plan.
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Macao signs agreements aimed at poverty relief in Guizhou
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today said Macao’s support for Guizhou Province in relieving the effects of poverty there would complement efforts at mutual regional development envisaged under the Pan-Pearl River Delta region initiative.
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Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao cooperate on C919 aircraft operational evaluation and joint certification management
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong SAR (HKCAD) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR (AACM) met in Hong Kong today (23 May 2018) to sign the cooperation arrangement for C919 aircraft operational evaluation and the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for joint certification management, with the objective of promoting the harmonization of standards and procedures for regional integration.
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UM professor’s new books published by authoritative US publishing houses
Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939-1949
Two books written by Wang Di, head of University of Macau (UM) Department of History, namely Violence and Order on the Chengdu Plain: The Story of a Secret Brotherhood in Rural China, 1939-1949 and The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal of Public Life in Chengdu, 1950–2000,have been published by the Stanford University Press and Cornell University Press, respectively. The books have made very valuable contributions to the studies of China’s contemporary history and microhistory. According to Prof Wang, based on a large amount of documents, sociological surveys, as well as official and unofficial records, the books provide a thorough illustration of a secret society and teahouses in Chengdu. It is very rare for a scholar to have two monographs about history published at the same time by two of the most prestigious university presses in the West.
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