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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 119 hotel establishments offered accommodation services to the public in February 2022. Number of available guest rooms increased by 8.1% year-on-year to 39,000. Data on hotel establishments designated for medical observation and self-health monitoring were excluded in the compilation of the results. The average occupancy rate of guest rooms rose by 10.3 percentage points year-on-year to 48.7%, with 3-star hotels leading at 51.2%.
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With the aim of continuing to help local enterprises to “go global” for more business opportunities, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will once again organise Macao enterprises to participate in the 2022 China International Import Expo (CIIE). The application is open until 15 April.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the 32^nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF) will be held from 29 April to 2 June. Tickets for the programmes and outreach activities are available at the Macau Ticketing Network from 10am on 3 April (Sunday). In order to comply with the epidemic prevention and control measures and to safeguard public health, ticketing services at the outlets as well as telephone and online booking will be available simultaneously from 10am on the first day of ticket sales. In order to reduce crowd gathering at the ticketing outlets, members of the public are advised to purchase tickets online or by phone. An online reservation system will be set up at the Macau Ticketing Network for the first day of ticket sales. Members of the public who want to purchase tickets at the Macau Ticketing Network outlets from 10am to 1pm on the first day of ticket sales are required to reserve their ticketing slot and their desired outlet through the online reservation system from 10am on 31 March (Thursday).
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The 32^nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF) Outreach Programme features 27 outreach programmes, including virtual reality screenings, art performances and food home deliveries, talks, workshops, “Meet-the-Artist” sessions, backstage tours, community tours and screenings of international stage performances, inviting the audience to experience art from multiple perspectives starting mid-April.
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The Government is optimising preparations for a planned large-scale community treatment centre in the event of a serious COVID-19 outbreak in Macao. Once preparation work is completed, the relevant authorities will conduct a drill at the venue.
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym), the 32^nd Macao Arts Festival (MAF), themed “Invigorate”, will be held from 29 April to 2 June, featuring 18 programmes as well as a series of outreach programme, in a total of over 200 activities, covering theatre, dance, music and visual arts, aiming to invigorate the power of the times with art.
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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly on 12 April to answer Legislative Assembly members’ questions on Government policy and social issues.
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The 2022 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2022MIECF), organised by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, was originally scheduled to be held from 31 March to 2 April. In view of the latest COVID-19 pandemic situation in the neighbouring regions, after careful consideration, the organiser has decided to postpone the 2022MIECF to 18-20 August.
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The grace period for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games banknotes will end on 1 April 2022 (Friday). The Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind those registrants who have not yet conducted the note exchange to exchange for their subscribed notes at their previously selected bank on or before this Friday.
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