This parish was one of five in the former
Municipality of Macau, one of Macau's two municipalities that were abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001, following the 1999
transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China. While their administrative functions have since been removed, these parishes are still retained nominally.
Its western part is the historic financial center of Macau.
Praia GrandeCentral Business District (南灣中心商業區) is in the south-central part of the district. All banks (over 20) in Macau have offices here.
There are numerous quality restaurants, 4-star and 5-star hotels in this district. High-rise buildings exist on the eastern ZAPE and NAPE zone, which was
reclaimed from the sea, with a
ferry terminal located on the eastern edge of the parish.
Within the parish is the Edifício CNAC (中航大廈; zung1 hong4 daai6 haa6), the head office of
Air Macau.[4][5] Previously the Air Macau head office was in the Edifício Tai Wah (大華大廈) in Sé.[6][7][8]
Media
O Clarim has its head office in Edf. Ngan Fai (銀輝大廈) in Sé.[9]Ponto Final has its head office at Travessa do Bispo, nº1.[10]
Healthcare
Macau's public hospital,
Conde S. Januário Hospital, is in Sé. The Macau government also operates the Centro de Saúde Porto Interior (海傍區衛生中心) in Hoi Pong Koi.[11]
Education
Macao Polytechnic University in Sé provides tertiary education. Prior to 1998 the school's central building was used as the
Liceu de Macau, a public Portuguese-curriculum secondary school.[12]
Primary and secondary schools
The sole public school currently in operation in Sé is the
Macao Conservatory School of Dance,[13] as it is categorized by the
Education and Youth Affairs Bureau as a public secondary school program.[14] It is located on the 3rd and 4th floor of the Edifício Centro Hotline (獲多利中心). The conservatory's theater school is also in Sé, within the Edificio Jardim San On (新安花園).[13]
Tuition-free private primary and secondary schools
Colégio de Santa Rosa de Lima English section (聖羅撒英文中學) - Primary and secondary school[16]
Concordia School for Special Education (Escola Concórdia para Ensino Especial; 協同特殊教育學校) - Preschool through secondary school and special education, located on the ground floor to third floor of Edificio Chu Kuan (珠光大廈)[17]
The parish is home the
Macao Public Library system's Library in Ho Yin Garden (Biblioteca do Jardim Comendador Ho Yin, 何賢公園圖書館). The library, a 368-square-metre (3,960 sq ft) two story facility, first opened in 1993. It reopened on 10 February 2009 after it had been temporarily closed in 2005 for NAPE renovations.[33]
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Contact Us/Opinions." Civil Aviation Authority of Macau. Retrieved on 9 April 2013. "Address: 18/F, Cheng Feng Commercial Center, 336-342, Alameda Dr. Carlos D’Assumpção, Macao" -
Chinese: "澳門宋玉生廣場336-342號誠豐商業中心18樓" -
Portuguese: "Alameda Dr. Carlos D'Assumpção, Centro Comercial Cheng Feng 336-342, 18 Andar F, Macau"
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Contact Us ServiceArchived 2010-03-25 at the
Wayback Machine."
Air Macau. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. "General Administration Office 398 Alameda Dr. Carlos D'Assumpcao, Edif.CNAC, 13-18 andar, Macau"
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Air Macau Contacts: Macau."
Air Macau. Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "General Administration Office 693 Av. da Praia Grande, Edif. Tai Wah, 5, 8-12 andar, Macau"
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Contacts." O Clarim. Retrieved on April 12, 2017. "Address – Rua do Campo, Edf. Ngan Fai, No. 151, 1 G, Macau" -
Chinese: "澳門水坑尾街151號銀輝大廈一樓G座" -
Portuguese: "Morada – Rua do Campo, Edf. Ngan Fai, nº 151, 1º G, Macau'
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Contacte-Nos."
Macau Health Bureau. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. "SERVIÇOS DE SAÚDE Morada:Edifício da Administração dos Serviços de Saúde, Rua Nova à Guia, n.º 339, Macau" and "Centro de Saúde Porto Interior (Hoi Pong Koi) Rua Constantino Brito, n.º 11, 4º - 7º andar, Macau"
Chinese version: "衛生局 地址:東望洋新街339號 衛生局行政樓" and "海傍區衛生中心 澳門貢士旦甸奴街11號4 至7樓"
^Clayton, Cathryn H. Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau & the Question of Chineseness (Volume 324 of Harvard East Asian monographs, ISSN 0073-0483).
Harvard University Press, 2009. p.
168.
ISBN0674035453, 9780674035454.
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Contactos."
Conservatório de Macau [
zh]. Retrieved on April 9, 2017. Address: "Escola de Dança Endereço:Alameda Dr. Carlos d'Assumpção, n.os 335-341, Edifício Centro Hotline, 3.º e 4.º andares, Macau" and "Escola de Teatro Endereço:Avenida da Amizade (Praceta de Miramar, n.º 87 r/c), Edifício Jardim San On, Macau" -
Traditional Chinese: "舞蹈學校 地址:澳門新口岸宋玉生廣場335至341號獲多利中心三、四樓" and "戲劇學校 地址:澳門海景花園新安花園87號U(友誼大馬路)"
Note: The civil parishes are purely symbolic. There are currently no political administrative subdivisions in Macau, and instead, the
Municipal Affairs Bureau handles some of the functions formerly handled by the abolished municipalities, the former had replaced the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau that was formed in 2002.