The number of non-resident workers in Macau increased 10.7 per cent year-on-year in October to 182,135 from 164,462, according to the Human Resources Office. This is an increase of 17,673 workers. As at the end of October, hotels, restaurants and similar activities were the largest sector importing non-resident workers (TNR), totaling 47,804 workers, while one year ago that number was 41,831 workers. However, one year ago construction was the sector bringing the largest number of immigrants to the territory. In the last month, there were 45,472 TNR in the Construction sector, up from 42,667. For the same period, the category for domestic workers had a total of 23,259 non-resident workers, which represented an increase of 2,157 in relation to the existing 21,102 in October 2014. In the course of one year all sectors increased their number of non-residents workers. Regarding nationality, most non-resident workers in Macau come from Mainland China, at 117,262, an increase of 10.979 per cent from 106,283. The majority of these workers are involved in construction and hotel activities. Meanwhile, the Philippines community of workers amount to 24,243, while one year ago it was 21,031. The vast majority of workers from the Philippines are domestic workers. The second sector more prevalent for these workers is hotels, restaurants and similar activities. The third largest source of foreign workers in Macau is the Vietnamese. At the end of October there were 14,618 Vietnamese workers in the territory. This is an increase from 13,226 one year ago. Vietnamese are also mainly engaged in domestic work activities and hotels and restaurants. Regarding Hong Kong workers, they amount to 9,304, a slight increase from 9,196. The vast majority is involved in construction, recreational, cultural, gaming and hotel and restaurant activities.
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