Human Resources Office stresses legality of labor import

The ratio of imported labor to local manpower throughout various sectors has been subject to the varying economic atmosphere and its actual needs, says the Human Resources Office. This is in response to lawmaker Lei Cheng I’s written interpellation over local supply and demand for human resources.
Lei claimed in her statement citing the office’s statistics, that 4,492 new migrant workers arrived in Macau between March and May, despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate recorded in the same period. The office described the ratio as “dynamic development,” which would be adjusted based on Macau’s current situation, and the authorities stressed that all their application approvals were made legally.
The office commissioned an academic institute to study the labor market in the region, and the result will be released to the public after the data has been compiled. The government is still exploring the possibility of merging the office into the Labour Affairs Bureau.