More than 21,000 students attended 950 vocational training courses last year, with additional emphasis placed on raising English standards and adjusting to changes in the construction industry.
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An official survey of the industry in the last months of the pandemic paints a picture of depressed wages and virtually no labour movement.
The South American nation wants to reverse what one official called the “dismantling” of the sector during the previous administration of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The good news? More Macao companies plan to increase wages. But before you get too excited, hikes are expected to reach modest levels only.
Delegates in Beijing for the annual ‘two sessions’ gatherings are told that the central government will work to develop the local economy.
Weak external and domestic demand brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp contraction in economic activity.
Restoration of Macao’s air network continues in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with services to Osaka, among others, resuming this month.
Social isolation and the sharp fall in visitors to the territory, as a result of Covid-19, brought about a major reduction in crime during 2022.
Mobile payments topped 26 billion patacas last year, 40 percent more than in 2021 and 20 times more than in pre-pandemic 2019.