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Macao Orchestra 2024-25 Concert Season Kicked off with Romantic Incidental Music Highlighting the Charm of Classical Music and Award-winning Actress
Macao Orchestra 2024-25 Season Opening Concert “A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Sylvia Chang and Lio Kuokman” was presented on the evening of 31 August at Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium, kicking off the new Concert Season with great fanfare. The Concert was so well received that additional seats had to be opened to meet the demand of the music enthusiasts.
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【Synergy of tourism and Macao-Hengqin joint investment promotion reaps harvest】 Successive Macao Weeks in ten cities boost visitor arrivals and facilitate over 1,000 business matching sessions
Since 2020 till now, the Macao SAR Government has held Macao Weeks in ten cities namely Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingdao, Tianjin, Xiamen and Xi’an. In accord with the strategic plan for “tourism +” development, the Macao weeks have successfully incorporated destination marketing with collaborative promotion of investment opportunities in Macao and Hengqin, while embracing the opportunities unlocked by the Central Government’s favorable measures for Macao. The events have yielded great harvest in terms of attracting more Mainland tourists and businesses to Macao for vacation and investment opportunities respectively.
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‘The Splendour of Chinese Bronzes’ exhibition to open at Macao Museum of Art next Friday, showcasing ancient bronzes from the National Museum of China collection
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland, ‘The Splendour of Chinese Bronzes: Masterpieces from the National Museum of China’ jointly organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and the National Museum of China and implemented by the Macao Museum of Art (MAM) will open at MAM at 6 p.m. on 6 September. The exhibition will showcase over 150 ancient bronzes from the collection of the National Museum of China, including 28 national first-class artefacts such as the Bronze Nao (Musical Instrument) with Elephants Design, ‘Zuo Ce Ban’ Bronze Yan (Steamer), ‘Jing Bo’ Bronze You (Ritual Vessel), ‘Liu Nian Diao Sheng’ Bronze Gui (Ritual Food Container), and ‘Shi You’ Bronze Gui (Ritual Food Container). All are welcome to visit the exhibition and appreciate the exceptional appeal of these national treasures.
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Release of Macao SAR Balance of Payments Preliminary Estimate for 2023
The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) releases today (30 August) the preliminary balance of payments (BOP) statistics of Macao SAR for the reference year 2023. The BOP, which comprises the current account, the capital account and the financial account, is a statistical statement that summarises external transactions of an economy with the rest of the world.
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Transport and communications statistics for July 2024
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in Macao totalled 250,970 as at end-July 2024, up by 0.4% year-on-year, with light automobiles (117,459) rising by 2.4%. New registration of motor vehicles in July went up by 34.0% year-on-year to 1,183 (including 349 electric vehicles); of which, light automobiles increased by 58.8% to 686 (151 of them were electric), whereas heavy motorcycles dropped by 1.8% to 384 (104 of them were electric). In the first seven months of 2024, new registration of motor vehicles grew by 3.5% year-on-year to 7,126 (2,163 of them were electric). Number of traffic accidents in July climbed by 24.3% year-on-year to 1,405, with 491 persons injured. In the first seven months of this year, there were 9,071 traffic accidents, which resulted in 2 deaths and 3,212 injuries.
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