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P6,13 INDONESIA More on backpage Bali volcano closes airport 28.11.2017 tue th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO HE director of Hong Kong’s HONG KONG TTravel Industry Council, a non-statutory industry watchdog, has said that mainland visitors to the HKSAR are still being forced Travel watchdog calls for to shop in the city, as part of the terms of what are known as “ze- ro-fee tours.” He is calling for the agencies to put a halt to such tac- end to forced shopping tours tics in order to preserve the posi- tive image of Hong Kong tourism. forced to shop. The tour groups in question do However, “most of the time the not charge to bring mainlanders complainants could not even tell from China to Hong Kong, but us the name of the agency or the also don’t visit the city’s sights ei- tourist guide, which makes it ther. Instead, they head straight really hard for us to follow up,” he for retail shops and earn commis- said. sion from sales. According to Hong Kong’s The Joseph Tung, the head of the Standard, he suggested that au- Travel Industry Council, said that thorities in the city – such as po- his organization has been preven- lice, immigration and customs ted from inspecting the relevant officials - should step up their en- tour agencies on the basis that it forcement. is a non-statutory body and can- “We have reflected this to the not mandate inspections. national department many times, Many of the people who join but they said if the agency is unk- such groups are elderly residen- nown, there is nothing they can ts of the mainland, coming from do except to pass it to the Public non-urban areas in the northeast Security Bureau,” added Tung. and southwest of China. Since He said his hope for improve- they may not be informed about ment now lies with the upcoming Hong Kong and its culture, dispu- government statutory body, the tes sometimes arise when they are Travel Industry Authority. FILM MICE industry attracts 580,000 Second IFFAM to attendees in third quarter feature Malaysian star CCORDING to the ths accounted for 65.4 per- HE second edition The festival’s jury AStatistics and Census cent of their expenditure. Tof the International president Laurent Bureau (DSEC), a total of Regarding comments Film Festival & Awards Cantet will introduce 304 MICE events were held from the exhibitors, 83.8 Macao (IFFAM) is set to a special presentation in the third quarter of 2017, percent of the interviewed feature Malaysian star of his latest film “The comprising 279 meetings exhibitors who had used actress Michelle Yeoh Workshop” (“L’Ate- and conferences, 15 exhi- services rendered by local in an in-conversation lier”), which screened bitions and 10 incentives, companies were satisfied session on December in the “Un Certain Re- which collectively brought with their services, the hi- 14, Variety reported. gard” category at Can- in some 581,000 partici- ghest rating across all as- The festival, which will nes this year. pants and attendees. pects. However, only 63.6 be held from December Meanwhile this year’s The number of meetin- percent were satisfied with 8 to 14, will also screen talent ambassadors in- gs and conferences held in the promotion of the exhi- Yeoh’s 2010 film “Reign clude Hollywood star the third quarter increased bition, the lowest rating of Assassins” directed Jeremy Renner who by 22 year-on-year and the among all aspects. by Su Chao-pin. starred as “Hawkeye” number of participants rose In the first three quarters The Malaysian actress in Marvel Cinematic by 33.9 percent to 60,000. of 2017, slightly over 1,000 has starred in movies Universe’s internatio- The growth was driven by MICE events were held including, “Crouching nal blockbusters, in- an increase in the number organized by non-govern- year-on-year to MOP24.71 with the total number of Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” cluding; Thor (2011), of large-scale meetings and ment organizations, with million. Expenditure rose participants and attendees “Tomorrow Never Dies” The Avengers (2012), conferences, which saw its the number of attendees by 19.5 percent year-on- numbering 1.2 million. In- and “Guardians of the Avengers: Age of Ul- corresponding participants dropping by 16.9 percent year to MOP52.65 million, formation collected from Galaxy Vol. 2”. tron (2015) and Cap- soar by more than 45 per- year-on-year to 354,000. which was mainly spent on organizers showed that the The line-up for IF- tain America: Civil War cent. The average duration Meanwhile, the number production, construction revenue and expenditure FAM’s “Special Pre- (2016). of meetings and conferen- of incentives increased by and decoration (24.6 per- of private exhibitions this sentation” will include Hong Kong’s movie ces increased by 0.1 days seven year-on-year to 10, cent), and publicity and pu- year amounted to MOP108 “The Shape of Water” stars Donnie Yen and year-on-year to 1.5 days. with number of participan- blic relations (17.5 percent). million (an increase of 28.5 directed by Guillermo Miriam Yeung, along The number of exhibitions ts (18,000) soaring by 220 Information from the 355 percent) and MOP115 (a Del Toro, George Cloo- with South Korea’s held in the third quarter de- percent. exhibitors interviewed in decrease of 2.5 percent) ney’s “Suburbicon”, Yo- Do Kyung-Soo, better creased by two year-on-year In accordance with infor- the third quarter indicated respectively, while revenue jiro Takita’s “The Last known by his stage name to 15, bringing the number mation provided by exhibi- that 89.6 percent of their for public sector exhibi- Recipe” and “Love is D.O., who is a K-pop sin- of attendees down by 12.9 tion organizers, the revenue revenue was generated from tions was MOP104 million Colder than Death,” by ger and actor, will also percent to 503,000. Among of the 15 exhibitions expan- the sale of products, while and no information was local director Ho Fei, be talent ambassadors the exhibitions, 11 were ded by about 100 percent rent paid for exhibition boo- disclosed on expenditure. amongst others. for the festival. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Julie Zhu, ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. 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