Central People’s Government Liaison Office Deputy Director Yao Jian said yesterday that as long as the employment rights of local residents are protected, the city should be “open-minded” by allowing “more people” to compete in the job market, adding that the city’s sustainable development can only be achieved if there is competition.
Yao made the remarks at the Bank of China Building in Nam Van, where he attended the co-operation agreement signing ceremony for the training of banking professionals between the Macau Federation of Trade Unions and Macau Banks Association.
In response to two indirectly-elected lawmakers from the business sector who urged the government to study the hiring of non-local commercial drivers, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in the legislature in November that the government would further study the viability of importing non-local drivers without affecting the employment prospects of local drivers.
Central Government Liaison Office Deputy Director Yao Jian speaks to reporters yesterday at the Bank of China Building. Photo: MPDG
