Vaccination drive widens its net, as health officials make haste to point out nobody in Macao has suffered any serious effects after being inoculated.
non-resident workers
Around 3,000 Vietnamese nationals are currently stranded in Macao according to the Overseas Vietnamese Association.
Macao’s number of non-resident workers fell by 10,787, or 5.5 percent, to 182,711 at the end of last month, according to figures released by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL).
The government has drafted a plan for gradually reopening the borders to allow for the return of some people of non-Chinese nationalities to Macao, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong U, revealed on Wednesday on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Macao Polytechnic Institute’s new building.
Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the local economy, Macao’s number of non-resident workers fell by 7,071 between the end of January and the end of last month, a decline of 3.6%.
Macau’s number of non-resident workers fell 2% between the end of January and the end of last month to 189,518, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced today.
While the Chief Executive reaffirmed that the government will not lower Macau’s gaming tax rate of 35%, they will also launch a public consultation on amendments to the city’s current gaming industry law in the second half of this year.
Macau’s number of non-resident workers rose by 4.3 percent year-on-year to 188,321 at the end of last month, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) announced, citing immigration statistics from the Public Security Police (PSP).
The population of Macau increased by 10,600 people in 2015, 1.7 percent more than in 2014, totalling 646,800 people at the end of the year, reported the Statistics and Census Bureau. The Bureau also reported that 51 percent of the population was female and that the population aged over 65 years (9.0 percent of the […]