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Macao 's forex reserves reach 16.84 bln USD in June
(Shanghai Daily, July 17)

MACAO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The preliminary estimate of the Macao SAR's foreign exchange reserves amounted to 134.5 billion patacas (16.84 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of June 2012, according to the figures released on Tuesday by the Monetary Authority of Macao.

The reserves for June rose by 2.5 percent from the revised value of 131.2 patacas (16.41 billion U.S. dollars) for the previous month, the figures indicated.

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Macao's Tourist Price Index up 6.57 pct in Q2 of 2012
(Shanghai Daily, July 12)

MACAO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Macao's Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the second quarter of 2012 rose 6.57 percent over the same period of last year, according to the figures released Tuesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

The DSEC figures indicated that the price indices of Restaurant services, Entertainment and cultural activities and clothing and footwear increased notably in the period by 18.02 percent, 11.91 percent and 11.39 percent year-on-year respectively.

The notable increase was pushed by higher charges for restaurant services and dearer prices of women's clothing, the DSEC said.

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Macao's visitor arrivals down 3.4% year-on-year in June
(Shanghai Daily, July 23)

MACAO, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Macao's visitor arrivals in June this year reached 2,106,696, down by 3.4 percent over the same month of 2011, according to figures released on Monday by the city's Statistics and Census Service.

Of all the arrivals in June, 49.4 percent spent only one day. And the average length of stay of visitors decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1 day, the figures indicated.

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Macao launches free audio guide service in six languages
(Shanghai Daily, July 27)

MACAO, July 27 (Xinhua)-- Macao Tourist Office launched a free audio guide service for tourists in six languages on Friday to help visitors know more about Macao's tourist attractions and World Heritage sites.

Available in six languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, English, Japanese and Korean, the hand-carry audio guide service allow visitors to walk around Macao spontaneously and tour different tourist attractions and world heritage sites while learning more about their historic background.

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