The Statistics and Census Service released the results of the Survey on Manpower Needs and Wages of the Gaming Industry for the second quarter of 2008. Survey coverage excluded junket promoters and junket associates. At the end of the second quarter of 2008, there were 45,621 paid employees engaged in the Gaming Industry, up by 1.3% year-on-year. Analyzed by occupation that are directly related to betting services, 19,183 were dealers and 11,604 were engaged in positions such as hard and soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc., up by 10.9% and 22.4% respectively year-on-year. Meanwhile, 5,348 were working as casino and slot machine attendants/hosts, security and surveillance workers, etc., down by 17.5% from a year earlier. In June 2008, average earnings (excluding bonuses and allowances) for full-time employees in the Gaming Industry rose by 7.4% year-on-year to MOP 15,565. Average earnings for dealers grew by 0.3% over June 2007 to MOP 13,776, while that for employees in positions such as hard and soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc. stood at MOP 18,807, up by 8.9%. The average earnings for services and sales workers, including casino and slot machine attendants/hosts, security and surveillance workers, etc. reported a year-on-year increase of 14.8% to MOP 9,180. At the end of June 2008, the Gaming Industry reported 764 vacant posts, a decrease of 4,348 or -85.1% from a year earlier. Of these vacancies, 105 were for dealers, 161 for hard and soft count clerks, cage cashiers, pit bosses, casino floorpersons, betting service operators, etc., and 196 for services and sales workers. In terms of recruitment prerequisites, 58.5% of the vacancies required working experience; 79.6% required senior secondary or higher education. Besides Cantonese, other preferred language skills were Mandarin (83.9%) and English (86.1%).
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