Macao's annual unemployment rate in 2007 stood at 3.1 percent,
down by 0.6 percentage points compared with 2006, according to
official statistics released by the Macao special administrative
region (SAR) government on Monday.
Statistics released by the local government's Statistics and
Census Service (SCS) indicated that for the whole year of 2007, the
overall labor force participation rate was 69.2 percent and the
unemployment rate of local residents (excluding non-resident
workers ) was 3.6 percent,
The employed population rose to 313,000 during the period from
October to December last year, and by industry, the number of
persons working in hotels, restaurants and relevant sectors
continued to rise, while the construction sector decreased
slightly, according to the result of a SCS survey.
(Xinhua News Agency January 29, 2008)