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Visitor arrivals went up 4.7% to exceed 390,000 in three-day 1st May Labor Day holiday
According to records provided by the Public Security Police Force, Macao registered over 391,000 visitor arrivals (non-resident employees and students excluded) throughout the three-day 1st May Labor Day holiday (29th April – 1st May), a rise of 4.7% over the corresponding three-day holiday of last year. Over 361,000 visitors came from the Greater China markets, up by 7.6% in total. Visitor arrivals from the Mainland grew by 16.1% whereas the numbers of visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan dropped by 24.1% and 19.5% respectively. Other markets registered a fall of 21%.
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Institute for Tourism Studies & Jiangmen Polytechnic sign cooperation agreement
Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) and Jiangmen Polytechnic signed a cooperation agreement at IFT on 2 May. President of IFT, Dr. Fanny Vong and President of Jiangmen Polytechnic, Dr. Liu Zhi Yong presided over the ceremony. Representatives from Jiangmen Tourism Bureau, Guangdong Province are also invited to attend the signing ceremony.
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Exhibition “In Love with Macao – Calligraphy and Paintings of Macao” opens this Friday at the Macao Museum of Art
In order to present traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy and seal engraving in a systematic organization and showcase throughout Macao’s development, the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, organizes the exhibition “In Love with Macao – Calligraphy and Paintings of Macao”, featuring a total of 90 pieces/sets of artworks by painters and calligraphers who lived in Macao or had ties with the city in someway from the 1930s to the 21st century. The opening of the exhibition will be held on 4 May, at 6:30pm, in the Exhibition Gallery on the 4th floor of the MAM.
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Exhibition “In Love with Macao – Calligraphy and Paintings of Macao” opens this Friday at the Macao Museum of Art
In order to present traditional Chinese paintings, calligraphy and seal engraving in a systematic organization and showcase throughout Macao’s development, the Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, organizes the exhibition “In Love with Macao – Calligraphy and Paintings of Macao”, featuring a total of 90 pieces/sets of artworks by painters and calligraphers who lived in Macao or had ties with the city in someway from the 1930s to the 21st century. The opening of the exhibition will be held on 4 May, at 6:30pm, in the Exhibition Gallery on the 4th floor of the MAM.
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Wages of construction workers and prices of construction materials for the 1st quarter of 2018
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average daily wage of construction workers in the first quarter of 2018 decreased by 1.6% quarter-to-quarter to MOP785, marking the third consecutive quarter of decline. The average daily wage of local construction workers (MOP971) dropped by 4.5% quarter-to-quarter, while that of non-resident construction workers (MOP676) rose slightly by 0.1%.
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