There are only 20 or so speech therapists working in Macau, Yan Kam Sum, the vice-president of the Macau Association of Speech Therapists (MAST), said yesterday, pointing out that his sector is facing an acute labour shortage.
The therapist made the remarks on the sidelines of the association’s Speech-Language Therapy Promotion Day at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Lago activity centre in Taipa.
Most of Macau’s speech therapists graduated from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia, Yan said. While most conduct speech-language therapy assessments and sessions in Cantonese and Putonghua, only two or three provide services in English and Portuguese, according to Yan.
Macau Association of Speech Therapists (MAST) Vice-President Yan Kam Sum talks to reporters on the sidelines of the association’s Speech-Language Therapy Promotion Day at Lago public housing estate in Taipa. Photo: Davis Ip
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