The unemployment rate of local residents rose 0.1 percentage point to 2.5% in the July-September survey period from the June-August period.
News
The number of non-resident workers rose by 3.8% year-on-year to 193,470 at the end of September.
Less than two months before Ho Iat Seng is sworn in as Macau’s Chief Executive, speculation has risen about who will be the next secretaries and senior officials in his government.
Macau has an important role to play as a “knowledge centre” in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area project.
Macau’s Lotus Flower checkpoint to be transferred from Cotai to Hengqin.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will present his government’s work report for this year and budget bill for next year to lawmakers in the middle of next month.
The construction of the nursing college building of the public hospital project in Cotai — Cotai Health Complex — has been completed.
First Vice Premier Han Zheng met with a delegation from Macau at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The possibility of an extension to the government’s Continuing Education Subsidy Program is being considered.