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Employment was one of the topics highlighted during the afternoon, with several Lionel Leong says investment lawmakers expressing concer- ns about the introduction of a minimum wage for some sec- tors and how this will allegedly fund will be open to residents contribute to unemployment. “I don’t think this mechanism for the minimum wage is going Renato Marques to work. I think this will in- crease the unemployment. It OCAL residents will be will be a deception,” Ng Kuok able to put money into the Cheong said. L MARQUES RENATO future Fund for Development and Investment (FDI), a public initiative to improve the mana- Employment gement of financial reserves According to the Secretary for was one of Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, who spoke at last Fri- the topics day’s Legisl ative Assembly (AL) on the second day of the Policy highlighted Address debate for the areas during the under his jurisdiction, the go- vernment will “develop the fund debate with the participation of citizens as soon as they can ensure the Near the end of the debate, security of that investment.” Chan Chak Mo questioned the Mr Leong acknowledged that accuracy and quality of the the fund may initially expe- Lionel Leong data of the current unemploy- rience low revenue or even a ment rates, which Statistics small loss, but is expected to ment we will accept the partici- cau’s participation, following be studied by his office” but and Census Service (DSEC) in- gain stability after some time. pation of citizens,” he said. Beijing’s international strategy the priority at the moment is dicated as having stabilized at “We will develop the Fund for On the closing day of the sec- of “one belt, one road”, in order following Beijing’s strategy of 1.9 percent. In the lawmaker’s Development and Investment torial debate, Lionel Leong ex- to further develop the sector of “one belt, one road.” opinion, there is limited infor- initially and when we can en- plained that a work group is conventions and exhibitions, The secretary was also ques- mation about “who these peo- sure the security of that invest- being created to address Ma- to which Mr Leong has refer- tioned about the legislation of ple are, what their academic red as a sector on which “Ma- employment agencies. The La- qualifications are, what their cau’s economy relies heavily.” bor Affairs Bureau director re- age range is and the reasons According to the secretary, vealed that a project to tighten why they are unemployed”. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURISM IN QUESTION the “professional visitors” the regulations of those agen- At the request of the secre- that are attracted to Macau’s cies is being finalized and will tary, the DSEC director explai- LAWMAKER CHAN Chak Mo own boss from one side, but put- conventions and exhibitions be delivered to the Standing ned that the two sectors most questioned the policy of entre- ting strict limits on their access to are very important, since they Committee for the Coordina- affected by unemployment are preneurism from the younger manpower from another. If we are “have a higher purchasing tion of Social Affairs in the first the gaming and hotel indus- generation, a recurring topic in going to tell all the youngsters they power when compared with quarter of 2016. tries. However, he was unable many of the inquiries delivered by should create their own jobs but other tourists.” If the plan proceeds, the re- to provide more data, leaving the secretary and his team. The they cannot hire staff, who is going Remaining on the topic of in- cruitment of domestic helpers the secretary to pledge to pro- legislator raised the fact that many to work in their shops?” he asked. ternationalization, lawmaker will be subject to changes, sin- vide it to the AL. have not only spoken about the The secretary clarified that it is not Ng Kuok Cheong suggested that ce the proposal aims to increa- This answer caused tensions government’s support of “young the government’s intention to “ap- Macau should participate in the se the oversight of employment among the AL, since local em- entrepreneurism” but also about peal to the young people to create Trans-Pacific Strategic Econo- agencies. ployment rate issues have re- the limits to be imposed to the their own business. We are only mic Partnership Agreement, as Mr Wong Chi Hong added cently been mostly related to import of labor. helping and supporting the ones promoted by the United States that with the encouragement workers in the construction “It seems like we are pushing the that have the wish to follow that younger generation to be their path.” of America. The secretary re- of tighter rules, rogue employ- sector with low academic qua- plied that the “possibility will ment agencies have been duly lifications. ECRETARY for with a more achievable STransport and Public budget. Works Raimundo do Ro- Rosario finds MOP8.6b budget “It’s like having a buf- sário revealed to media fet. Are you able to han- representatives last Fri- dle a dishful of food? It day, after a meeting with a challenging to implement looks nice with a 10 or Legislative Assembly (AL) 20 billion pataca bud- sub-committee, that it get, yet we failed to work would be challenging to vestment, known as PID- thorities’ realization at to media representatives cution rate of the projec- it out over the past few fully implement his se- DA, will be in the hands last week’s legislative that his 3400-strong for- ts in the previous years, years, and it’s the same cretariat’s allocated 2016 of the secretariat, and assembly that the secre- ce was incapable of mee- which in general hovers for next year,” the of- budget. will amount to MOP8.6 tary has emphasized the ting the target. around half the scale ficial said, adding that A chunk of the govern- billion out of the total downsizing of the bud- He said that his cabi- of 100 percent. Rosa- the budget issue boiled ment’s expected expen- MOP11.07 billion. get for investment pur- net’s competence was rio said he wished to be down to capability ra- diture for prospective in- Following financial au- poses, Rosario explained reflected in the low exe- more “down-to-earth” ther than willingness. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] MDT’s Website has logged over CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHINA & FOREIGN EDITOR_Vanessa Moore [email protected] Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] 94 million page views DESIGN EDITOR_João Jorge Magalhães [email protected] | NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_ SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] since January 1st, 2012 up to today. Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Aries Un, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, Irene Sam, Jacky I.F. 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