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For the implementation of Section 2b), Article 10, Law 4/95/M of 12 June, Consumer Council collected prices of fresh pork from wet markets and supermarkets on 27 December for consumers’ reference. The data collected during 20 December to 26 December are also used for comparing the average selling price of the same products from Zhuhai. The relevant data has been uploaded to the Council’s website for consumers’ reference.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total merchandise export for November 2017 amounted to MOP1.00 billion, up by 26.0% year-on-year; value of re-exports (MOP841 million) increased by 36.4%, with that of Articles for casino surging by 651.6%; meanwhile, value of domestic exports (MOP163 million) slid by 9.5%, with that of Tobacco falling by 40.3%. Total merchandise import rose by 11.3% year-on-year to MOP7.57 billion, of which imports of Construction materials and Handbags & wallets expanded by 44.7% and 35.9% respectively. Merchandise trade deficit in November amounted to MOP6.57 billion.
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The Macao Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, presents multimedia circus Bosch Dreams and the world music concert Anoushka Shankar – “Land of Gold”. Both shows will be staged at the Grand Auditorium on March 18 and 20, 2018, respectively.
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The Maritime Museum, which was temporarily closed to the public due to the impact of a typhoon earlier, will reopen on December 29 of this year.
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The Maritime Museum, which was temporarily closed to the public due to the impact of a typhoon earlier, will reopen on December 29 of this year.
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The Centre for the Studies of Translation, Interpreting and Cognition (CSTIC) under the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently held the First Roundtable Seminar on Translation Studies and Translation Studies Research Methodology. Under the theme ‘Research Methodologies in Translation Studies in the Era of Big Data and Technology Revolution’, scholars from Macao, mainland China, Denmark, and the United Kingdom exchanged ideas on research methods in the studies of translation history, translation processes, literary translation, translation education, translation as a discursive event, translation universals, and interpreting studies.
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The results of the call for applications for the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), co-organised by the Architects Association of Macau, are now available. The winning team will have the opportunity to present Macao’s characteristic “Freespace” in Venice, Italy, in May 2018.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,833,061 in November 2017, up by 9.4% year-on-year but down slightly by 1.9% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,511,769) and same-day visitors (1,321,292) went up by 10.0% and 8.8% respectively year-on year. The average length of stay of visitors held steady year-on-year at 1.2 days, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors remaining unchanged at 2.1 days and 0.2 day respectively.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that Gross National Income (GNI) at current prices was MOP 331.84 billion in 2016, which was MOP 30.42 billion less than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices (MOP 362.27 billion), representing a net external factor income outflow of the same amount that was equivalent to 8.4% of GDP in 2016, slightly higher than the value (8.1%) registered in 2015. In 2016, per-capita GNI was MOP 513,809, as compared to per-capita GDP at MOP 560,913.
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