Mainland domestic workers for Macao

Macao and Mainland officials would soon meet to discuss the importation of Mainland domestic workers to Macao, the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, said today. Speaking to the press after a meeting with representatives from the Women’s General Association of Macau, Mr Tam said that at the invitation of the Ministry of Commerce, the Macao Government would visit the Ministry and study the mechanism of introducing domestic workers from the Mainland. Mr Tam said that was a demand for domestic workers in Macao, with more than 10,000 of them working here now. With the introduction of Mainland domestic workers, households in Macao would be given another source for domestic workers. However, Mr Tam reiterated that the Government would continue to uphold the principle of allowing imported workers only when there is a shortage of the same skills in Macao.