Statistics and Census Service released the results of the Manpower Needs and Wages Survey of the Gaming Industry for the fourth quarter of 2005, which excluded junket promoters and junket associates. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2005, there were 26,118 paid employees working in the Gaming Industry, an increase of 22.8% compared with the same period of 2004. Analyzed by occupation, 15,213 were engaged in positions that are directly related to betting services, such as hard and soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, dealers, betting service operators, etc., while 5,382 were engaged as services and sales workers, including casino and slot machine attendants/hosts, security and surveillance workers, etc., up 30.7% and 9.4% respectively compared with the same period of 2004. In December 2005, average earnings (excluding year-end bonuses, holiday allowances, profit-sharing bonuses and other similar bonuses) for full-time paid employees rose by 5.0% over December 2004 to MOP 11,269. Average earnings for the positions that are directly related to betting services was MOP 11,603, up by 1.6% over December 2004. The average earnings of the services and sales workers increased by 5.6% compared with December 2004 to MOP 6,667. At the end of December 2005, there were 6,167 vacant posts in the Gaming Industry, of which 3,586 were related to hard and soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, dealers, betting service operators, etc., while services and sales workers had 1,777 vacancies. As regards recruitment prerequisites, 43.8% of the vacant posts required working experience; 68.3% required senior secondary or higher education. Besides Cantonese, other preferred language skills were Mandarin (63.7%) and English (49.5%).
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