The Ruins of St. Paul's of Historic Centre of Macao. [Photo/IC] MACAO - The Tourist Price Index in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) for the second quarter of 2018 went up by 2.78 percent year-on-year to 129.86, the SAR's statistics service said on Friday. Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the increase of the index was due to rising charges for hotel accommodation and restaurant services, higher bus fares and airfares, and higher prices of local food products. Among the various sections of goods and services, price indices of accommodation, transport and communications, as well as food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco rose by 7.05 percent, 6.30 percent and 4.25 percent year-on-year respectively. In comparison with the previous quarter, the index for the second quarter of 2018 decreased by 5.17 percent. The average Tourist Price Index for the last four quarters ending the second quarter of 2018 rose by 4.21 percent from the previous period, with notable increases in the price indices of accommodation, transport and communications. For the first half of 2018, the index went up by 4.48 percent year-on-year, with price indices of accommodation, as well as transport and communications rising by 13.64 percent and 6.44 percent respectively. go wristbandswrist band coupon code24 hour wristbands couponjordan wristband rubber
patient gets the medical service fee charging certificate at Beijing Xuanwu Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING - Public hospitals in China have reined in the unreasonable pricing of medical care, an official of the National Health Commission said on Friday. All public hospitals across the country joined the comprehensive reform program in 2017 to end 60-odd years of drug price markups, Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the commission, said at a State Council press conference on implementing major policies. Wang said the General Office of the State Council praised 38 localities, including Xicheng District in Beijing and Sanming City of east China's Fujian Province, for their good practices in the comprehensive reform of public hospitals. Sanming City increased fiscal input to public hospitals from 140 million yuan ($22 million) in 2011 to 460 million yuan in 2017. The hospitals in this city have made medical care prices more rational, Wang said. Health care authorities will encourage public hospitals to participate in the establishment of medical treatment partnerships and guide medical resources to grassroots health institutions to better serve the public, Wang said.
