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The Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme (“QTSAS” or “the Scheme”) of 2024 now welcomes applications from the catering and travel agency sectors from 25 March to 16 April. A presentation seminar was organized by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) today (19 March) to call for new applications and encourage accredited merchants to keep on their participation and pursuit of excellent service quality. In tandem with the Macao Courtesy Campaign, a special session was held for award winners to share their remarkable experience and advocate for courtesy towards visitors. It is hoped that the synergy of the Scheme and Campaign can enhance industry operators’ concerted contribution to Macao in becoming a hospitable and top-notch destination that thrives towards sustainable tourism development.
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The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the University of Macau (UM) organised a two-day, one-night camp for students in the Principals’ Recommended Admission Scheme. More than ten form six students who have been accepted into FHS’s undergraduate programmes for the 2024/2025 academic year through the scheme were invited to join the camp. Under the guidance of the faculty members, the students experienced campus life and participated in hands-on experiments in laboratories.
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To help the funding recipients better understand the funding schemes granted by the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) (referred to as the FDCT) for the year 2024, the FDCT held a “Briefing on Project Funding Schemes” on 19 March. The meeting was chaired by President Che Weng Keong from the Administrative Committee of the FDCT. Approximately 300 representatives of the science and technology sector participated in the briefing. They are members respectively from local universities, scientific and technological associations, as well as technology enterprises in Macao.
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Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has launched the Investor’s “One-stop Service” to assist local and foreign enterprises in implementing their investment projects, in order to contribute to the appropriately diversified development of Macao’s economy. From December 2019 to the end of February 2024, the Investor’s “One-stop Service” received 1,211 new investment proposals, of which 862 were assisted. According to the investors, the assisted investment proposals created 3,100 jobs and involved cumulative investments amounting to MOP 3.6 billion.
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The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) organised a delegation of about 20 members from the Task Groups Regarding Research on MICE, Trade, Culture and Sports Industrial Development Policy, subordinate to the Economic Development Council, to visit the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Co-operation Zone in Hengqin (“Co-operation Zone”) on 14 March 2024 to gain an understanding of the latest industrial operations on-site after the implementation of closed customs operation in the Co-operation Zone. The delegation also visited a number of Macao-funded enterprises, hotels, convention and exhibition projects, and cross-border e-commerce companies, and held an exchange session with representatives of the government departments from the Co-operation Zone.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that receipts of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments and retailers showed a year-on-year decrease in January 2024 due to a high comparison base in the same month last year when the Lunar New Year, the period when business is usually brisk, took place. Receipts of the interviewed restaurants & similar establishments went down by 10.2% year-on-year, with receipts of Japanese & Korean Restaurants and Chinese Restaurants dropping by 30.6% and 21.7% respectively; by contrast, receipts of Local Style Cafes, Congee & Noodle Shops rose by 12.9%. Meanwhile, sales of the interviewed retailers fell by 29.3% year-on-year in January; sales of Adults' Clothing Retailers, Watches, Clocks & Jewellery Retailers and Department Stores declined by 36.8%, 34.2% and 30.6% respectively, while sales of Motor Vehicle Retailers grew by 37.3%.
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Hosted by the Macao SAR Government, the 2024 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2024MIECF) will be held from 28 to 30 March 2024. In line with the country’s “dual carbon” goals, the “Green Business Co-operation Day: Green Forum Session 1” will be held in the Sicily Meeting Room, The Venetian Macao, on the first day of the event (28 March) at 2:30pm. Experts and industry leaders from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Portuguese-speaking countries, and Southeast Asian countries will be invited as speakers to share their insights on the theme “New Business Opportunities in ESG – Building a Circular Economy Ecosystem”.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, the ‘2024 Macao International Parade’ will take place on 24 March in celebration of the 25^th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland. To encourage the participation of both residents and tourists, a series of outreach activities will once again be held for the Parade, including the “Most Popular” Award, selected by the public, and a photography contest, in the hope of creating a lively atmosphere across the city.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)brings into the limelight“Stay Chill, Play Cool – Macao!”. The project unveils new trendy spots for social media check-insacrossdifferent local districts during differentlimitedtime periods of this year, to create a diversity of“tourism +” experiences for residents and visitors. Under the project, the first threesets ofmega intellectual property (IP) installations of the trendy fun character “PIGPI”are launched tomeet the public in the northern district from today (18 March). Together with the concurrentactivity “Grand Consumer Prizes in the Northern District on Weekends”,the installations willaddvitality and fun to the district and unleash the synergythatpropelsthe community tourism and economy.
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The University of Macau (UM) will hold the UM Career and Internship Fair 2024 on 21 and 22 March. During the event, a total of 115 enterprises and organisations from various industries will set up recruitment booths at the university, offering more than 2,300 job opportunities.
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