The number of reported robbery cases and rape cases increased 29.8% and 68.4% respectively in the first three quarters of this year.
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A website launched by the government aims to give the public easier access to information on the 20th anniversary of the Macau SAR.
The value of Macau’s retail sales dipped by 0.5% year-on-year to 18.06 billion patacas, while the sales volume dropped by 0.7%.
The winner of Sunday's by-election of a business sector seat in the Legislative Assembly, Wang Sai Man, told reporters that as a lawmaker he will fight for a better business environment for local small- and medium-sized enterprises.
A museum in commemoration of national composer Xian Xinghai, situated next to government-owned broadcaster TDM in Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, opened to the public on Sunday.
Hundreds of people joined a carnival on Saturday to raise awareness of children’s rights, with the goal of building an open, respectful and appropriate growth environment for children in Macau.
Three new routes will be opened at the Macau International Airport between now and mid-December, in addition to the resumption of the Pattaya route in January.
The Hong Kong government has told its local counterpart that it is aiming for a bus service between the Macau checkpoint of the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and Hong Kong’s airport to come into service in the middle of next month.
Macau’s number of visitor arrivals last month rose a mere 1.8% year-on-year to 3.2 million.
A total of 12,719 people worked in Macau’s cultural industries last year.
Macau gaming and junket businesses produced 50.5% of Macau gross domestic product (GDP) at producers’ prices, based on the production approach calculation.
The government has drafted a by-law on the composition and operation of the government’s Cybersecurity Commission and Cybersecurity Incidents Alert and Response Centre, which will both start operating on December 22.