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To provide the latest visitor statistics and highlights, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) continues to enrich the content of the platform “Macao Tourism Data plus”. An optimized range of regional statistics are available from today (28 April). There are data of visitor arrivals from the Greater China region, more Mainland provinces and municipalities as new categories. Macao is divided into more statistical districts, with the debut of average visitor arrivals per hourly time slot in each statistical district each month. The advanced statistics offer industry operators and users greater insights into visitors’ behavior in different local districts.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will launch the project “‘Mak’ and Greet” on 1 May. Macao Tourism Mascot MAK MAK will join tourism promotions in different outlooks. A new themed page will be dedicated to MAK MAK on social network to draw and engage more followers. The character of MAK MAK will be harnessed to bring out Macao’s unique colors and dynamic of cultural tourism for destination branding.
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Guia Hill is a place of high incidence of brown root rot disease. With a large number of trees damaged in the typhoons in previous years, vines have more conditions to thrive and cause damage. This has continuously made trees in the Guia Hill area weak and the forest cannot regenerate naturally. Since last year, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has established a designated ecological restoration area in 5.5 hectares of land in the periphery of Guia Hill. Vines and wilted trees have been cleared, tree pits have been dug and the soil has been improved. About 3,100 new saplings have also been planted to increase biodiversity and the natural ecological environment in Guia Hill has been gradually restored.
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To promote the development of veterinary clinical care and commercial activity of animals in Macao, and to reinforce animal protection and public health protection, the Macao SAR Government has formulated Law No. 4/2023 “Law on Veterinary Clinical Care and Commercial Activity of Animals”, which will come into force on 1 April 2024, establishing the regime of veterinary professional accreditation, and the regime of licensing and supervision of establishments of veterinary clinical care, breeding, sale or boarding of animals. The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will hold two briefings in mid-May this year to explain the content of the law to the public and to the sector respectively. Interested individuals are welcome to register for the briefings.
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In an effort to strengthen the professional capacity of the staff, improve their scientific literacy, and cultivate their integrity quality, the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) has been conducting a series of training lectures on professional knowledge related to science and technology expertise and integrity awareness. It is mandatory for all the FDCT staff to participate in this collective training series each month.
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The 18^th China Expo Forum for International Co-operation (CEFCO 2023) was held from 24 to 25 April in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) organised a delegation comprising 19 Macao MICE representatives to attend the event in Shaoxing, aiming to facilitate the exchange between Macao’s MICE sector and their counterparts outside Macao, jointly promoting Macao’s MICE advantages, and seek more opportunities for further development of Macao MICE industry.
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The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee announced that the 70th Macau Grand Prix - Family Carnival, originally scheduled to be held on 29 to 30 April, has been postponed due to foreseeable unstable weather. The rescheduled date will be announced in due course.
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While in Brussels, Belgium, the Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, met with Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues for the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union (EU), Ms Helena König. The two officials exchanged views on topics including the strengthening of trade cooperation between Macao and the EU, and post-pandemic economic recovery.
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The 33^rd issue of Books and the City, published by the Public Library of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, is now available to the public. The Public Library is committed to fostering an ambience of reading in Macao, encouraging the public to have reading habits and nourishing their spirit and mind. Themed “City of Reading”, this issue of Books and the City invites experts to share their opinions on the importance of reading, analyse the reading interests of people of different ages, and explain how to define their reading manner and genres that suitable them most.
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