The International Airport of Macau handled 430,000 passengers in the month of January, up 3% year-on-year, according to figures released by the operator on Friday. There was also an overall 6% increase in flights in January taking the total number to over 4,700. The statement from CAM pointed to the greatest growth taking place on […]
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Hong Kong-based property agency Ricacorp (Macau) Properties Limited Wednesday forecasted that the average price of residential property in Macau will rise eight to 10 percent this year. Jane Liu Zee Ka, managing director of the local branch, made the forecast during a press conference at the company in Nam Van district. Representatives of the company […]
Macau’s number of licensed motor vehicles reached 240,107 at the end of last year, up 5.3 percent from a year earlier, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Monday. Scooters and motorcycles accounted for 52 percent of the total number of motor vehicles. The number of new registrations of motor vehicles rose 6.4 percent year-on-year […]
Macau’s airport handled 5.48 million passengers last year, up nine percent from 2013. The figure was released on the sidelines of a Spring Festival dinner hosted by Macau International Airport Company (CAM) on Friday. The number of aircraft movements (takeoffs and touchdowns) rose 7.4 percent to 52,000. The figure included 2,791 business jet movements, up […]
Macau’s gold jewellery imports rose six percent year-on-year to 10.2 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Friday. Gold jewellery, the city’s second import item after food and beverages combined, accounted for 11.4 percent of the total value of imports last year. Watch imports rose 22.2 percent to 7.9 billion […]
Macau’s number of hotel guests rose a mere 0.4 percent to 10.7 million last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Friday. Hotel’s average occupancy rate stood at 86.5 percent, up 3.4 percentage points. At the end of last year, the city’s 98 hotels and guesthouses provided a total of 28,000 guestrooms, up […]
Macau ranks ninth in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of economic freedom, down two places from last year, according to the 2015 report from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative US think tank based in Washington DC. Among 42 regional economies, Macau thus ranks only behind Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea […]
Non-resident workers accounted for 42 percent of Macau’s total workforce at the end of last year, according to official figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) and Human Resources Office (GRH) this week. The number of imported workers reached 170,346 at the end of last month, up 23.6 percent year-on-year. The city’s total […]
Guangdong is considering allowing yachts registered in Macau and Hong Kong to sail in the Pearl River Delta, state media has reported. If the province opens up its waters and marinas, industry insiders on the mainland expect a boost in yacht sales but are also concerned that smugglers could take advantage of the travel pass. […]