• Introduction
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• Useful information

  Know before you go

  Practical A to Z

• Electricity
• Health
• Money
• Public holidays

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Electricity

The voltage is 220V (50Hz) and sockets are compatible with standard European 2- and 3-pronged plugs.

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Health

Emergencies

T 120.

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Money

Currency

The Pataca (PTC), subdivided into avos.

Exchange

The Pataca can be bought abroad and in Macau. Yuans and HKD are sometimes accepted.

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Public holidays

5 April – Ching Ming (qingming in Mandarin): tomb cleaning day

2 November – All Saints

8 December – Immaculate Conception

20 December – Retrocession of Macau to the PRC

21 or 22 December – Winter solstice