Macanese pataca or Macau pataca (Chinese: 澳門元; Cantonese Yale: Oumún yùhn; Portuguese: Pataca de Macau; sign: MOP$; ISO code: MOP) is the currency of Macau. It...
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currency for the Macanese pataca, which is pegged at the official rate of around 1 Hong Kong dollar to 1.03 Macanese pataca. Macau was a barren fishing village...
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community leaders with as much as 2 million Macau patacas and to prohibit all Kuomintang activities in Macau.: 85 This move ended the conflict, and relations...
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reported to have cost around 10 billion patacas. Once completed, the entire system is expected to serve the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Cotai, serving major...
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Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern...
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Monetary Authority of Macao (redirect from Autoridade Monetaria de Macau)
Escola Leng Nam Anselmo Teng (丁連星) Chan Sau San (陳守信) Macanese pataca Economy of Macau Hong Kong Monetary Authority List of financial regulatory authorities...
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Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about 710,000 people and a land area of...
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Macau was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It...
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Coloane (redirect from Ilha de Coloane)
requesting a ransom amount of 35,000 Macanese patacas. In what became the last battle fought by Portuguese troops in Macau, all 310 pirates active in the Coloane...
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The Macau Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prémio de Macau; Chinese: 澳門格蘭披治大賽車; Jyutping: ou3 mun2 gaak3 laan4 pei1 zi6 daai6 coi3 ce1) is an annual motorsport...
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The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of...
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perform sell and pay functions. Punters may bet in Hong Kong dollars or Macau patacas. Bets are accepted up to the start of each race. Punters may place a...
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places in Macau Peninsula include Ruins of Saint Paul's, Lou Lim Ieoc Garden, and Guia Fortress. Tourists should note that the Macanese pataca (MOP$) is...
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Transport in Macau includes road, sea, rail and air transport. Road transport is the primary mode of transport within Macau, although a new rail system...
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Portuguese Macau purchased the private University of East Asia in 1988 for 130 million patacas. In 1991, the Legislative Assembly of Macau promulgated...
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official recognition from Autoridade Monetária de Macau (AMCM) as legal tender in Macau. The Macauese Pataca is pegged to the Hong Kong Dollar at 1.029(buy)/1...
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The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center (Chinese: 澳門旅遊塔會展娛樂中心; Portuguese: Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also known...
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costing approximately 100,900 patacas. Cathedral Rector: Bishop Stephen Lee Assistant Priest: Fr. Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro SCJ Assistant Priest:...
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino (category Banks of Macau)
Tower in Macau BNU Macau, detail The Monetary Authority of Macao has authorized two banks to issue banknotes denominated in Macanese pataca, the Bank...
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Teledifusão de Macau, S. A. (TDM; Chinese: 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司; English: Macau Broadcasting Television Limited) provides public broadcasting services in Macau. By running...
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List of banks in China (section Macau)
de facto central bank of Macau is the Monetary Authority of Macao.[citation needed] Banknotes of the Macau pataca, the official currency of the Macau...
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in Macau Tallest buildings in Macau All buildings in Macau Communications in Macau Internet in Macau Companies in Macau Currency of Macau: Pataca – closely...
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Eight Immortals Restaurant murders (category People murdered in Macau)
000 patacas (or US$75,047). The Eight Immortals Restaurant was a Chinese restaurant in the Iao Hon section of Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish in Macau, then...
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Fatima Parish, Macau Our Lady Carmo Parish Pacific Century Cyberworks List of cities and parishes in Macau Harry Smith Parkes Pataca People's Republic...
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Macau, face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. While same-sex sexual activity...
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and structures in Macau. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portuguese colonial architecture in Macau. Macauheritage.net: Macau Heritage historic...
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One country, two systems (category Government of Macau)
Hong Kong, a basic law would ensure that Macau retained its economic system, currency (the Macanese pataca), legal system (which is based on Portuguese...
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licence (HK/Macau) and freight vehicles to use the bridge. On 8 April, the Secretary for Economy and Finance announced that 10 billion patacas would be put...
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and rupees, 78 avos to the rupee (this would change to 100 avos to the pataca in 1913). In response leftover Luis stamps were surcharged in various avos...
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Stanley Ho (category Macau billionaires)
a number of thoroughbred racehorses owned by Ho, Viva Pataca, named after the currency of Macau, won several top Hong Kong races in 2006 and 2007. In...
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