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As an emerging industry, Convention and Exhibition (commonly known as MICE) Industry has been steadily developing with a strategy of “prioritising conventions” in recent years. At the beginning of 2018, various conventions – from annual conference of animal nutrition product company involving hundreds of attendees, to software developer’s conference sizing thousands of participants of and medical equipment company, and even the conferences of medicine and healthcare company and internationally renowned enterprises that are expecting tens of thousands of participants – have set Macao as their business events destination. Most of the organisers expressed their recognition of Macao’s well-developed facilities for MICE and its reputation as UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Some of them even developed the combination of team building and in-depth experience of Macao by arranging for event attendees to visit different communities in Macao, assigning tasks for attendees to complete at cultural heritage sites and IPIM’s Portuguese-speaking Countries Food Products Exhibition Centre, inviting event attendees to workshops of making Macao local pastry. Such arrangements had enabled events participants to enjoy a unique convention trip.
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The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released survey results of Manpower Needs and Wages of the Gaming Sector for the fourth quarter of 2017. Survey coverage excludes junket promoters and junket associates.
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was a major emerging industry in Macao and key to propel the city’s economic diversification, said today the Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On.
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The Government is seeking feedback from the National Development and Reform Commission on a draft agreement aiming to advance Macao’s contribution to the “Belt and Road” initiative.
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Director of Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Head of Destination Marketing Department of MGTO, Betty Fok, and others met with China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), industry operators and media in Beijing on 5 and 6 March for an exchange of opinions regarding tourism projects of both cities. Furthermore, MGTO signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for the International Film Festival & Awards·Macao with the China International Culture Communication Center, to foster cultural exchange and fuel the tourism development in Macao with culture as an enhancer.
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The Government is devoting its fullest effort to integrating Macao’s development with overall national development, as policies outlined in the latest work report presented by Premier Li Keqiang.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total population at end-2017 increased by 8,200 year-on-year to 653,100, with the female population accounting for 53.0%. The elderly population (aged 65 and over) made up 10.5% of the total, up by 0.7 percentage points year-on-year; the proportion of adult population (aged 15-64) dropped by 1.0 percentage point to 76.7%. The ageing ratio rose by 4.1 percentage points year-on-year to 83.0%, indicating a continuous ageing of the population.
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The 29^th Macao Arts Festival (MAF) Outreach Programme, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, features 28 programmes which total 44 activities, including talks, workshops, artist talk, art critique, accessibility services and movie screenings, aiming at broadening the audiences’ thinking about life and enriching its cultural experience.
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The 29^th Macao Arts Festival (MAF), organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, will be held from 27 April to 31 May. This edition is themed “Origin”, which symbolises the “spring of life”, and explores a wide range of topics to broaden the audiences’ thinking about life as well as to lead the audience to recall the core meaning of life by means of different art manifestations.
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