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Programme for exemption from immigration restrictions for non-residents with Portuguese nationality
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals rose by 15.2% month-on-month to 606,841 in April 2022, attributable to the easing of entry measures; yet, the figure represented a year-on-year drop of 23.7%. Overnight visitors (180,938) fell by 59.8% year-on-year, whereas same-day visitors (425,903) grew by 23.7%. With an increase in same-day visitors and a decrease in overnight visitors, the average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.6 day year-on-year to 1.0 day; the duration for same-day visitors stayed at 0.1 day while that for overnight visitors went up by 0.7 day to 3.6 days.
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Taking into account the actual needs of residents and assessing the epidemic risks and changes in relevant countries, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announce, following the stipulations in clause 3 of Chief Executive Dispatch No. 64/2022, that with effect from 20 May 2022, Portuguese nationals who have no travel history to places other than the Mainland China, the Macao Special Administrative Region, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or Portugal (except places stayed while in transit) within 21 days before their entry, subject to the prerequisite of fulfilling entry conditions, may enter into the Macao Special Administrative Region without prior authorization from the health authorities.
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The CCAC has released “a comprehensive report on serious wall tile falling at common areas of Edifício do Lago and Edifício Ip Heng”, where it believes that the tile falling problem involving large areas of the two major economic housing projects concerned was relevant to various factors, such as designs of wall finishes of common areas of the buildings by the design units, material selection and sizes of tiles, quality of tile laying workmanship of the construction workers of the contractors, abrupt changes of ambient temperature, stringency of oversight as well as inspection and acceptance, adequacy of the subsequent repairs and follow-up work, etc. As such, all units and departments cannot distance themselves from this matter. In the CCAC’s opinion, neither the administrative bodies or contractors involved nor the oversight and quality control units took stock of or probed into the causes in a comprehensive and serious manner. As a result, they missed the favourable time to tackle the problem at its root, and it is therefore impossible to be a hundred percent certain about the underlying causes of the tile falling problem. However, given that the wall tile falling situations at the common areas of the two buildings have been posing a threat to the safety of the households, the CCAC suggested that the relevant departments proactively respond to the needs of the households and find an ultimate solution to the matter together with them.
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[infographic]Pilot scheme on entry-restriction exemption for foreign domestic helpers (4th phase)
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[infographic] Non-resident domestic helpers cannot arbitrarily change job category
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The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China announced on May 19 that a sample of the packaging of frozen pangasius fish imported from aquatic product manufacturer in Vietnam with registration number DL476 tested positive in novel coronavirus nucleic acid test. In view of this, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has immediately launched the contingency plan. Measures such as source tracing, investigation and re-tests of the products of the involved manufacturer have been adopted. Local businesses have been requested to immediately seal the products sourced from the involved manufacturer, and samples have been collected for re-tests. No abnormalities have been found. Meanwhile, IAM has immediately suspended the import applications of the products of the involved manufacturer.
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In order to cultivate students' creative thinking and demonstrate the characteristics of the design course, Macao Polytechnic University recently held an exhibition of space and modelling design works in the exhibition hall of Macao Polytechnic University’s Research and Development Building at the Taipa Campus. The exhibition showcased the results of the collaborative teaching of new disciplines and presented innovative design ideas full of whimsy.
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