Mobile payments topped 26 billion patacas last year, 40 percent more than in 2021 and 20 times more than in pre-pandemic 2019.
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New iris-recognition technology, to be introduced later in the year, looks set to make leaving and reentering Macao as seamless as possible.
Representatives from government departments and NGOs also take part in the career day for students of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies.
CEO Lawrence Ho highlighted the impact of “travel restrictions imposed across mainland China and Macau” during the pandemic.
Although a strong performance, the figure is still well down on the totals registered before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Subsidies for R&D, rent, furnishing and more are available to companies setting up in Hengqin, authorities say.
The concessionaire highlighted the impact of the pandemic and said it was ‘unable to reasonably predict’ if future restrictions would affect its business in the future.
A bid to increase the minimum wage to 35 patacas from 32 will be a blow to enterprises struggling to recover from the pandemic, he says.
The travel restriction at the Gongbei and Qingmao checkpoints was introduced as a Covid-19 safety precaution and to deter parallel traders.