Philippines Labor Secretary visits region

The Philippines Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz will visit Macau from tomorrow until Thursday. Her visit is part of an official tour that also includes Taiwan and Hong Kong, the Philippines Consulate General to Macau said in a press release.
Accompanying her will be five other officials from the department of Labor and Employment. During her visit, Ms Dimapilis-Baldoz will meet with Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong.
She will also attend a forum with members of the Filipino community currently living in Macau, to discuss ideas and to and provide information on Philippine government programs and services for nationals living abroad, as well as for workers looking to return home upon the expiry of their employment contracts.
According to figures from the Statistics and Census Services (DSEC), about 22,000 Filipino nationals live in Macau.
Dimapilis-Baldo’s visit is part of an effort to strengthen economic, trade and labor relations with Macau. She is the second ministerial-
level Filipino official to visit Macau since 2008, when the former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto G. Romulo visited the MSAR to open the Philippine Consulate General.