Government enhances vocational training

(Macao - 29 April 2005) The Macao Government would continue to enhance vocational training in order to solve the lack of human resource, the Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said today. Speaking at the annual reception hosted by the Macao Joint Labour Association, Mr Ho said human resource was one of the hottest issues as far as the community was concerned, and that it was also a factor that could restrict growth. He said the MSAR Government would step up pre-employment and continuing training, and urged workers to promote their own competitiveness and knowledge, and to optimise services quality. Mr Ho said he believed the employment rate would further rise when both citizens and investors have faith in Macao's future. "Facilitating social and economic development, and to promote the people living standard, are two main policies," said the Chief Executive. "The Government will allocate social resources through various mechanisms in a reasonable manner. We'll adopt effective measures to guarantee Macao that has a sustainable growth."