The government of the Macao Special Administrative Region has no
plan to allow the import of casino croupiers, local media reported
Monday.
The Macao Post Daily quoted Tam Pak Yuen, Secretary for
Economy and Finance, as saying that under current government policy
guidelines on the import of labor; "non-resident workers" are not
permitted to work as dealers in local casinos.
The ban is aimed at protecting local residents' employment
opportunities, the official was cited by the newspaper.
Tam made the remarks commenting on recent rumors circulating
among the local media which speculated that the government is about
to loose the curb.
The government allows the casinos to hire a certain number of
foreign employees at the management-level, which is believed not to
harm local employees' interests.
The 21 casinos dedicate over 70 percent of the government tax
income.
(Xinhua News Agency July 18, 2006)
