The city saw a decline in the number of non-resident construction workers in the month of June, from 34,221 in May to 33,322 in June, posting a drop of 2.6 per cent month-on-month and 25.5 per cent year-on-year, the latest data released by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) revealed.
DSAL indicated that, of the total non-resident construction workers, there were 1,041 workers directly hired by gaming operators.
The city’s authority had authorised fewer non-resident construction workers’ applications to work in the city, with only 2,182 workers authorised in June of this year, compared to 6,153 in May and 7,309 in June of last year.
The city had a total of 178,694 non-resident workers as at the end of June, posting a slight decrease of 83 workers month-on-month and a drop of 2.1 per cent when compared to the 182,459 workers registered a year ago.
Among other industries, the hotels, restaurants and similar activities sector had the largest number of non-resident workers, amounting to 49,905 workers, down 200 workers vis-a-vis the 49,705 registered in May, but a 5.2 per cent increase when compared to the same month of last year.
The number of non-residents working in hotels and restaurants accounted for 28 per cent of the total number of hired non-resident workers in the city.
The second most populous sector was that of domestic work, taking up 14.6 per cent of the total, amounting to 26,087 workers in the month of June.
The number of non-resident workers engaged in domestic work increased both month-on-month and year-on-year, up 1.2 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively.
There were a total of 20,342 non-resident workers involved in wholesale and retail trade in June, a 5.1 per cent increase year-on-year, while those in real estate and business activities amounted to 19,411, up 6.8 per cent year-on-year.
Fewer Chinese workers working in June
According to the DSAL data, there were a total of 113,590 non-resident workers from mainland China working in Macau as at end-June, the amount dropping both month-on-month and year-on-year, down 472 workers and 3.9 per cent, respectively.
Among the total number of Chinese workers in Macau, 30,719 were construction workers and 36,925 were engaged in hotels, restaurants and similar activities.
Workers from the Philippines were the second largest group in the local employment scene, amounting to 27,498 and followed by workers from Vietnam, totalling 14,833.
The two aforementioned places of origin experienced year-on-year increases, with the amount of workers from the Philippines rising 9.6 per cent and those from Vietnam up by 224 workers.
