MACAU BUSINESS
business as a result of increasing the age limit of casinos from 18 to 21 years.” But Mr Pereira Coutinho suggests that in the
future some gaming operators may not be able to operate at full capacity because of a lack of employees, as many prospective workers will have to wait until they are 21 to work in a casino if the legislation is passed. “With the opening of more gaming resorts and
hotels, the shortage of manpower will be one of the biggest challenges we will have to deal with in the near future,” Mr Coutinho says. MGM Macau said in a written statement: “The
new bill will lead to fewer available talents for casino employers.” It suggested that the age limit for employees be phased in, to give gaming operators time to adjust to the constriction of the labour supply. “After the law is implemented there might be some issues in recruiting people,” Mr Fong says. “But most casinos have already prepared for this.
Casinos now prefer to hire older dealers over younger ones. They prefer to hire people like housewives because they are more responsible and more loyal, whereas youths easily change their jobs for MOP2,000 more a month.” Several times, both community leaders and
government officials have shown concern over the number of youngsters who drop out from university or don’t apply at all, to go and work in the casino industry, where they can earn high salaries with low qualifications. At the end of last year, the average salary for a croupier was MOP13,610, more than 50 per cent above the median wage in Macau. Whatever the final outcomeof this sensitive subject, Mr Pereira Coutinho says it is a joke for the government to think that young men and women cannot take on the responsibility of working in a casino at the age of 18 – but they can choose to get married and start a family at that age.
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