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The population of Macao showed continuous decrease upon the reducing number of non-resident workers in the third quarter of 2009, as the population estimate dropped by 3,000 quarter-to-quarter to 541,200, according to the figures released on Monday (Nov 9)聽by the Statistics and Census Service ( DSEC) of the Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Total number of non-resident workers stood at 77,239 at the end of the third quarter, dropping by 6,377 compared with the previous quarter, the DSEC figures indicated.
Night view of Macao (Photo: xinhuanet.com)
Meanwhile, there were 1,111 immigrants from the Chinese mainland moving to Macao with One-way Exit Permit during the third quarter, an increase of 80.7 percent over the previous quarter, while 334 illegal immigrants were repatriated, down 26.4 percent quarter-to-quarter, according to the DSEC.
One-way Exit Permit is a document issued by the mainland authorities allowing residents of the mainland to enter Macao SAR.
Editor: Miranda
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