{"id":777007886,"date":"2023-08-03T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007886"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:24:15","slug":"macau-casinos-urged-to-raise-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-urged-to-raise-wages","title":{"rendered":"Macau casinos urged to raise wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Macau legislator Leong Sun Iok has urged gaming operators to share the benefits of the upturn in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Legislator\u00a0Leong Sun Iok\u00a0<\/strong>called on casino operators to initiate plans for salary increases.\u00a0The legislator, who also serves as the vice chairman of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions<\/strong>, said such proactive measures could set a precedent for other industries in Macau to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leong highlighted the gradual recovery of Macau’s economy and steady climb in gaming revenue, which he said had been aided by the contributions of employees. Leong said casino workers were under growing pressure due to the increase in visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, casinos in Macau registered their highest monthly revenue since the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions earlier this year <\/strong>at MOP16.66bn (US$2.07bn)<\/a>. Casino GGR for the first seven months was MOP96.80bn (US$12bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leong noted that amid the challenges faced over the past three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the gaming sector’s employee count was down by 6,051 in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to the figures from the same period in 2019. The average earnings of full-time gaming employees in December 2022 had receded by 3.9 per cent, settling at MOP23,680.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Macau casino operators to present 2024 investment plans in September<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Macau legislator Leong Sun Iok has urged gaming operators to share the benefits of the upturn in business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau legislator Leong Sun Iok has urged gaming operators to implement salary increases, citing the sector's robust recovery and significant GGR growth, which has been supported by employee contributions despite a reduced workforce and increased operational pressure. This call aims to ensure employees share in the economic upturn following pandemic-induced challenges and declining average earnings.","focusai_entities":"Leong Sun Iok, Macao Federation of Trade Unions","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"EBITDA Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated impact on Macau concessionaires' EBITDA margins and shareholder value if a sector-wide salary increase, commensurate with GGR recovery, is implemented across the gaming workforce?"},{"label":"Labor Policy Evolution","query":"Could this legislative advocacy signal a shift towards more prescriptive labor policies or social responsibility mandates within Macau's gaming regulatory framework, influencing future concession terms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777007886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777007886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007889,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007886\/revisions\/777007889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}