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Visitor arrivals drop in September

Visitor arrivals drop in September

Macau recorded 2.16 million visitor arrivals last month, a decline of 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to official statistics cited by The Macau Post Daily today. Month-on-month, September’s number of visitor arrivals was down 19.4 percent. Same-day visitors accounted for 50.1 percent of all visitor arrivals last month. Visitors’ average length […]
Incoming tourism chief is keen to find new tourist spots

Incoming tourism chief is keen to find new tourist spots

As veteran Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Joao Manuel Costa Antunes will step down in December after 24 years at the helm of the office, his anointed successor, MGTO Deputy Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said Wednesday her main tasks would be to continue the office’s work of attracting more tourists to Macau, […]
ExCo rushes stamp duty, import-labour bills to legislature

ExCo rushes stamp duty, import-labour bills to legislature

Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said Wednesday that the government’s 10-member top advisory body has finished its discussions on two amendment bills, one regarding stamp duty rules and the other concerning imported labour regulations. Leong said that ExCo would send the two amendment bills to the legislature at once in the hope that […]
Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Macau Open

Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Macau Open

Gaganjeet Bhullar won Sunday the Venetian Macau Open title, his second title in less than a month. Bhullar finished with a birdie to sign off at 16-under 268, two shots clear of American Jonathan Moore, who had five birdies in his last five holes. Moore finished second, while Thitiphun Chuayprakong (70) of Thailand and Siddikur […]
Tam orders report on dumping patients’ records in street

Tam orders report on dumping patients’ records in street

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in a statement on Thursday that he had ordered the Health Bureau (SSM) to submit a detailed report within 30 days about the incorrect disposal of a number of patients’ records by the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ). In a clear […]
Hotels log 6.2 million guests in Jan-Aug, up 11 pct

Hotels log 6.2 million guests in Jan-Aug, up 11 pct

Macau’s 66 hotels and 33 inns received 6.23 million guests in the first eight months, 11.4 percent more than in the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Monday. According to a DSEC statement, the occupancy rate stood at 82.8 percent in the eight-month period, down by 0.9 percentage point. […]
Veteran tourism chief to leave post in December

Veteran tourism chief to leave post in December

Macau’s veteran tourism chief Joao Manuel Costa Antunes will leave his post on December 19, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U said at the weekend. Speaking to reporters on the side-lines of a public function on Saturday, Cheong said that Costa Antunes’ departure from his post as Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) director […]
Govt vows to set up more care centres for mentally impaired

Govt vows to set up more care centres for mentally impaired

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau Cheong U said thursday that the government plans to set up more care centres for the mentally impaired so that their parents are assured they will have long-term care. Cheong made the remarks when talking to reporters on the sidelines of attending the 60th anniversary of the […]
Children warned of sudden blindness due to smartphones

Children warned of sudden blindness due to smartphones

Playing games on smartphones and tablet PCs while, waiting around, on the bus, eating or even walking are not an uncommon sight nowadays but ophthalmologist Frank Lai Iat Fan warned thursday that spending too much time on these digital gadgets can cause sudden blindness. Lai spoke to reporters during an Orbis’ “Look Cool, Stay Healthy” […]
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