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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team this morning raided a three-storey building suspected to provide accommodation illegally.  The involved operator offered online reservation service for clients.  The building was sealed and 2 occupants found on site were investigated.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team operations carried on Suspected building sealed
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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team checked one building from yesterday 5 p.m. until 5p.m. today (September 9). A three-storey building was sealed for being suspected to provide accommodation illegally, and 1 operator was caught on site.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Monetary and Financial Statistics – July 2010]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Monetary Authority of Macao]]></author>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, on a monthly basis, money supply M2 continued to grow in July.  Total deposits rose while external loans decreased, the overall loan-to-deposit ratio dropped from a month earlier.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team operations carried on One more premise sealed

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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team checked 2 premises from yesterday 5 p.m. until 5p.m. today (September 8). One premise was sealed for being suspected to provide accommodation illegally, and 2 occupants found on site were investigated.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Macao Museum to be closed 5 days for maintenance]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Cultural Affairs Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This year, the regular maintenance of Macao Museum is scheduled between 13th to 17th September (5 days in total, from Monday to Friday). During the maintenance, the Mount Fortress Garden will be open as usual, people are welcome to visit through the south entrance of the Mount. ]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 2nd Quarter 2010]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Statistics and Census Service]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released summary of the GDP for the second quarter of 2010. The rates of change refer to the year-on-year change in real terms, unless otherwise specified. ]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics of Investment Residency in the First Half of 2010]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the first half of 2010, a total of 227 applications for temporary residency for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders were received by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) (a decrease of 231 compared with the same period last year), 7 applications for major investment and investment plans (a decrease of 6 compared with the same period last year), representing 97% and 3% of the total of 234 new applications in the first half-year of 2010. Approved cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders amounted to 310 (an increase of 145 compared with the same period last year), approved applications for major investment and investment plans totalled 9 (an increase of 1 compared with the same period last year).]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[International Banking Statistics, June 2010]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Monetary Authority of Macao]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to the statistics released today by the Monetary Authority of Macao, the proportion of international business in the local banking sector increased marginally during the second quarter of 2010. At end-June 2010, the share of international assets in total banking assets rose to 84.8% from 84.1% at end-March 2010, while the share of international liabilities in total banking liabilities edged up to 78.1% from 78.0%. ]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Opening Ceremony for Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) 
Bachelor Degree Programmes
]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Institute for Tourism Studies]]></author>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The opening ceremonies on 1 and 6 September marked the commencement of IFT day time and evening bachelor degree programmes for academic year 2010/2011. ]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Executive meets President of Slovakia]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Government Information Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, met the President of the Republic of Slovakia, Mr Ivan Gašparovič, who arrived today for a two-day visit.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture concludes visit to Taiwan]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Government Information Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Cheong U, said today that his five-day visit in Taiwan was fruitful and would benefit the development of relations between Macao and Taiwan in the future.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Executive to visit Fujian for CIFIT]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Government Information Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, is to visit Fujian tomorrow for the opening of China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT).]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team operations carried on One more premise sealed  ]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team checked 1 premise from yesterday 5 p.m. until 5p.m. today (September 6), which was sealed for being suspected to provide accommodation illegally. One management staff was caught at the spot and interrogated, and three occupants found at the premise were investigated.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes issuing status extended for two banks]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Monetary Authority of Macao]]></author>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Government today signed new agreements with Bank of China Macao Branch (BOC) and Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) to extend their notes-issuing status for another 10 years, effective when the existing agreements expire on 15 October 2010.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Executive in Shenzhen]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Government Information Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, is in Shenzhen to attend the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team operations carried on
Three more premises sealed, one operator, touts and management staff caught 

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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team checked 5 premises from yesterday 5 p.m. until 5p.m. today (September 5). Three premises suspected to provide accommodation illegally were sealed, 1 operator, 2 touts and 2 management staff were caught and interrogated. Four occupants found at the premises were investigated, among whom 1 was an illegal immigrant.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Seminar on the Public Accounting System in the EU]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[International Law Office]]></author>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organised by the Financial Services Bureau and starting tomorrow, Monday, September 6, at 6:00pm, in the World Trade Center’s Lotus Room, is the seminar on The Public Accounting System in the EU.]]></description>
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One more premise sealed
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<author><![CDATA[Cross-departmental Working Team]]></author>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Cross-departmental Working Team checked 3 premises from yesterday 5 p.m. until 5p.m. today (September 1). One premise suspected to provide accommodation illegally was sealed and 4 occupants found at the premise were investigated.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparations for Chinese Medicine Industrial Park on target]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Government Information Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Construction on the Guangdong-Macao Chinese Medicine Industrial Park on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island would begin once the Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Framework Agreement gets the green light from the Central Government.]]></description>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Integrated Workshop on the theme of Urban Flood Risk Management in a Changing Climate held in Macau

]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau]]></author>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since the first ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC) Integrated Workshop held in Macao, China hosted by Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (MMGB) in the year 2006, MMGB will once again host this important annual event of the Typhoon Committee together with the Typhoon Committee Secretariat and support from Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Macao Foundation, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Korea (MLTM) and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (MLIT).]]></description>
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