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Day: July 1, 2014

Hotel guests rise just 2 pct in Jan-May

Hotel guests rise just 2 pct in Jan-May

Macau’s 99 hotels and guesthouses recorded 4.4 million guests in the first five months of this year, an increase of only two percent from a year earlier, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. In May, the number of guests dropped 2.5 percent year-on-year to 886,000. The number of guests from Hong Kong fell […]
CE election to be held on Aug 31

CE election to be held on Aug 31

Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On issued an administrative order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday that the CE election will be held on Sunday, August 31. By law, all elections in Macau must be held on a Sunday. This came the day after the 400-members of the Chief Executive Election Commission were […]
Hospitals log 51,000 in-patients in 2013

Hospitals log 51,000 in-patients in 2013

Macau’s four hospital with a total of 1,366 beds recorded 51,000 in-patients last year, an increase of 4.8 percent from 2012, the Statistics and census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. In-patients aged 65 and over accounted for 21.5 percent of the total number of patients. In 2012, residents aged 65 and over accounted for 7.7 percent […]
Gold jewellery tops imports in Jan-May

Gold jewellery tops imports in Jan-May

Macau imported gold jewellery worth 4.63 billion patacas in the first five months of this year, up 51 percent year-on-year, ranking first among the city’s imports, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Gold jewellery accounted for 12.6 billion of the total value of imports between January and May. Food and beverage imports came […]