Under the requirement of the Administrative Regulation No. 3/2005 on Investors, Managerial Personnel, Technical and Professional Qualification Holders Residency Scheme, a total of 471 new applications for investment residency were received by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) in the first half-year of 2009. Among which were 458 cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders and 13 cases for major investment and major investment plan.

In the first half-year of 2009, 1,358 applications for investment residency were approved, including 1,185 cases for fixed assets purchase, 165 cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders and 8 cases for major investment and major investment plan. Breakdown of investment residency applications and approved cases in the first half-year 2009 are as follows:

Statistics of Investment Residency Applications and the Cases and Number of People Approved in the First Half-Year of 2009

(Please find the attached file.)

For further enquiries on the residency application guidelines, please visit our website www.ipim.gov.mo or contact IPIM by email: gjfr@ipim.gov.mo, tel: 28712055 or fax: 28713950. Applicants may also visit the website and enquire about the progress of their residency application status.