Labour Market News
- Construction workers account for 35 pct. of Macao's imported labor-force
Date: 15-Aug-2007 Sources: (People's Daily)
Construction workers accounted for 35.2 percent of Macao's 75,391-strong imported labor force at the end of June, according to official statistics issued Tuesday.
The figures released by the Labor Affairs Bureau showed that 14, 462 of the imported construction laborers were directly hired by the city's blossoming gaming businesses.
Some 15,758 Hong Kong citizens work as imported laborers in Macao, representing 21 percent of the total imported labor force, the figures showed.
The region has a population of 580,000 and a total labor force of 230,000.
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