Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng welcomed Indonesian Labor Minister Aida Fauziyah at government headquarters on Friday and discussed cooperation on tourism, labor issues, cultural issues and people-to-people exchanges.
Ho Iat Seng noted that the contribution of Indonesians working in Macau to the economic development of Macau City has been recognized, and the SAR government will continue to pay attention to the protection of labor-related matters for non-resident workers. he added.
According to the latest statistics released by the Labor Department for March 2024, Indonesians constitute the third largest non-Chinese migrant community in the SAR, with 6,501 non-resident workers employed in the city. There is. Aida Fauziya said that many Indonesians are working in Indonesia. In Macau, the main focus is on the service sector and domestic work.
“They have become part of the community and are an important element in strengthening interaction and interaction between the two locations,” she added. According to official statistics, about 71 percent of the total number of blue card holders in Indonesia work as domestic helpers.
Ho Iat Seng also said Macau is focusing on expanding its overseas source market, with Indonesia as one of its priorities, according to a press release from the Government Information Office. A recent example is the Macau Tourism Board’s “Experience Macau” four-day roadshow held in Jakarta earlier this month.
Macau will welcome 142,944 visitors from Indonesia in 2023, with the number of Indonesian visitors reaching 39,294 in the first quarter of this year alone.
