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mestic service, could create vulner- abilities for migrant labour in Macau to forced labour,” the report says. “In light of these consequences


for leaving employers, male and fe- male migrant workers may feel pres- sure to work for undesirable employ- ers to avoid deportation or  nes.” The report calls on Macau to


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“take steps to reduce the vulner- ability of migrant workers to forced labour by re-examining immigration laws that increase this vulnerability.” As in previous years, the Traf-


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US criticises new rules for imported labour


he latest US State Department’s Traf cking in Persons Report


continues to put Macau at tier 2, meaning the SAR doesn’t meet all minimum standards for the elimina- tion of human traf cking. “However, it is making signi -


cant efforts to do so,” notes the docu- ment, published last month.


The report also highlights Macau’s


new rules for imported labour, which bar migrant workers who have been  red or who quit their job before the end of their employment contract, from obtaining another work permit for six months and impose  nes on workers who overstay. This, added to “the lack of a mini- mum wage for foreign workers in do-


Macau Cable TV announces profit for the first time


Macau Cable TV posted a pro t for the  rst time since it started operations, in July 2000. The company announced a MOP3.5 million pro t. In 2009, the company posted a loss of MOP1.5 million. Even so, in its annual report, Macau Cable TV stresses its bottom line continues to be impacted by the local unlicensed satellite public antenna service providers, which provide TV signals for Asian, American and European content without license or authorisation from the respective copyright owners.


Liberalisation of telecom market “a must”: govt


The secretary for transport and public works, Lau Si Io, said last month that the liberalisation of Macau’s telecommunication market “is considered a must”. According to Mr Lau, this is “a promising way to bring in new technologies and service innovations to people at an affordable price.” He added that 2012 “will be a year of signi cance, as the telecommunication market will be fully liberalized in Macau.”


JULY 2011 Work-related deaths double


A total of 5,644 workers became victims of work-related accidents in Macau last year, a decrease of 4.5 percent over 2009. The number of victims who died doubled to 12 and four victims lost their long-term working abilities, according to the  gures released by the Labour Affairs Bureau. Of the work related accident victims, 28.2 percent worked in the service industry, 26.6 percent were non-skilled workers and 18.7 percent were clerks.


 cking in Persons Report says Macau “is primarily a destination and, to a much lesser extent, a source territory for women and children subjected to sex traf cking.” Victims originate primarily from


the mainland, but also from Mongo- lia, Vietnam, Russia, and Southeast Asia, the report says. “Many traf cking victims fall


prey to false advertisements for jobs in casinos and other legitimate em- ployment in Macau, but upon arrival, are forced into prostitution.” The report mentions that Chi-


nese, Russian, and Thai criminal syn- dicates “are believed to sometimes be involved in recruiting women for Macau’s commercial sex industry.”


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