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Macau logs 2 million visitors in Jan, up 1.4 pct

Macau logs 2 million visitors in Jan, up 1.4 pct

Macau, China, 24 Feb – Macau recorded 2.07 million visitor arrivals in January, an increase of just 1.4 percent over the same month last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. However, compared to the previous month, January’s figure was down 8.6 percent, The Macau Post Daily pointed out. Visitors from Asia […]
Macau logs 7.7 million hotel guests in 2010

Macau logs 7.7 million hotel guests in 2010

Macau, China, 17 Feb – Macau, which has around 550,000 residents, logged a record 7.75 million hotel guests last year, an increase of 15.5 percent on 2009, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Hotel guests accounted for 31 percent of last year’s total number of visitor arrivals, which reached a record 24.96 million, […]
Crimes drop 6.1 pct in Macau in 2010

Crimes drop 6.1 pct in Macau in 2010

Macau, China, 16 Feb – The number of reported crimes dropped 6.1 percent to 11,648 last year on 2009, Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va announced on Tuesday. Cheong announced last year’s crime statistics in a press conference. Macau’s top security official said that the decreasing number of crimes for the second consecutive year reflected […]
FM commissioner stresses Macau’s role as hub for ties with Lusophone nations

FM commissioner stresses Macau’s role as hub for ties with Lusophone nations

Macau, China, 15 Feb – Foreign Ministry Commissioner Lu Shumin on Monday underlined Macau’s "strengthened" role as a hub for China’s economic and trade ties with Portuguese-speaking countries. Lu made the remark in a speech addressing a Lunar New Year reception at the Foreign Ministry Commission in Zape for Macau’s Chinese, English and Portuguese-language media […]
Macau receives over 800,000 visitors during Lunar New Year

Macau receives over 800,000 visitors during Lunar New Year

Macau, China, 10 Feb – Macau received 805,289 tourists during the Chinese New Year holidays, between February 2 and 8, according to the Immigration Department. Acccording to the department the number of visitors arrivals grew 8.58 percent over the same periodo of last year. Most of those tourists (477,252) came from mainland China, a 14 […]
Macau’s exports drop, imports rise in 2010

Macau’s exports drop, imports rise in 2010

Macau, China, 7 Feb – Macau recorded falling exports and rising imports last year, resulting in an external merchandise trade deficit of 37.16 billion patacas (US$4.64 billion), according to the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC). The trade deficit rose 27.1 percent year on year. Total exports – comprising domestic and re-exports – dropped 9.3 percent […]
Macau police expect 2.4 million Lunar New Year border crossings

Macau police expect 2.4 million Lunar New Year border crossings

Macau, China, 2 Feb – Macau’s Immigration Department expects about 2.4 million people to cross Macau’s borders during the Lunar New Year holiday over the next seven days. Tommy Wong Kim Hong, chief inspector of the Public Security Police (PSP) that runs Macau’s immigration service, said Tuesday that the border crossings were expected to peak […]
Macau police expect 2.4 million Lunar New Year border crossings

Macau police expect 2.4 million Lunar New Year border crossings

Macau, China, 2 Feb – Macau’s Immigration Department expects about 2.4 million people to cross Macau’s borders during the Lunar New Year holiday over the next seven days. Tommy Wong Kim Hong, chief inspector of the Public Security Police (PSP) that runs Macau’s immigration service, said Tuesday that the border crossings were expected to peak […]
Edmund Ho receives top Macau medal

Edmund Ho receives top Macau medal

Macau, China, 31 Jan – Macau’s former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah has been awarded the Grand Lotus Medal of Honour – the highest decoration granted by the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). Ho, who headed the local government between December 1999 and 2009, received the medal from his successor Fernando Chui Sai On […]
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