IT company chief touts automation as cure-all

Information technology company TechNet Trading Co Ltd’s boss, PC Wong, believes automation is the solution to the problems that small businesses in Macau have with the shortage of suitable labour and increasing rents, Business Daily reports. The newspaper quotes Mr Wong as saying in an interview that high operating costs caused by such problems put small and medium enterprises in a critical position. “We believe Macau has a very good foundation for the automation technology to grow, and automation will be one of the opportunities to resolving the challenges of Macau’s industries,” he said.