Secretary for Economy and Finance Anton Tai Kin Ip has convened and chaired this year’s first meeting of the government’s working group for promoting the employment of local residents, where he pledged that the government will proactively gather more information on administrative job vacancies offered by large organisations in the city such as higher education institutions and public utilities, with the aim of more accurately addressing local jobseekers’ employment needs.
Tai’s office released details of the meeting in a statement yesterday. The statement did not mention when the meeting was held.
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai decided in May last year to set up the cross-departmental working group aiming to boost local residents’ employment in the city.
The working group, chaired by Tai, is officially known as Employment Promotion Coordination Working Group.
The working group is tasked with carrying out scientific assessments of the city’s human resource trends, collecting and studying data concerning the supply and demand of the local labour market in various sectors with the aim of coming up with appropriate policies and measures to promote local residents’ employment, and regularly monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the government’s various policies and measures promoting local residents’ employment.
The working group includes officials from Tai’s office, the Office of Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam, the office of Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raymond Tam Vai Man, and the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL).
Banking admin jobs
During the meeting, yesterday’s statement said, the working group reviewed the effectiveness of a number of recently-held employment matching sessions for jobs offered by Macau’s banking sector. The statement said that data collected by the working group indicate that young local people in general are eager to look for and secure administrative jobs in the banking industry.
In response, the statement said, the Labour Affairs Bureau will further strengthen collaboration with the banking sector and discuss with the industry the possibility of organising employment matching sessions again in the near future.
Moreover, the statement said, industry seminars, special employment programmes, and other types of activities will be held with the aim of helping young local people wishing to work in the banking industry stay updated on industry development trends and job recruitment information while also enhancing their employment competitiveness.
According to the statement, Tai stressed during the meeting that in addition to the banking sector, it is also necessary for the working group to, through the government’s cross-departmental cooperation mechanism, proactively gather more information on administrative job vacancies offered by large organisations in different sectors such as higher education institutions and public utilities, with the aim of more accurately addressing the employment needs of local jobseekers.
This undated handout photo released by the Office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Anton Tai Kin Ip yesterday shows Tai (centre) chairing this year’s first meeting of the government’s Employment Promotion Coordination Working Group.
