8711 Procissão em Macau em 1 de Maio de 2010

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" ''百名五．一遊行人士仍與澳警對峙.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2010. 1 May 2010 was also the opening day of the

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Protest

8745 Procissão em Macau em 1 de Maio de 2010

Hundreds of people protested against alleged corruption and illegal labour in Macau. There is a lack of jobs due to influx of cheap foreign labour caused by a recent boom in Macau's casino trade. They accuse the government of ignoring the situation.News.bbc.co.uk.
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" ''Rare Macau protest turns violent.'' Retrieved on 1 May 2010. A protester carried the sign "The government is rich, the casinos are rich, but nobody is looking out for the Macau people." Protesters surrounded a police vehicle and threw water bottles and

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s at the officers who fought back with water cannons. Police also fired shots into the air. There were some injuries from the use of the cannons.

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