Macau helps Taiwan prepare for gaming boom
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As Taiwan gears up to allow casino gambling on the Penghu islands, institutions from Macau have been offering their expertise to help the country prepare for the expected gaming industry boom. The Taiwan News reported the Taipei College of Maritime Technology as announcing that a venture with Macau’s Global Gambling Research Center (GGRC) to train new croupiers had resulted in full registrations for the classes.At the opening of the college’s gambling education centre this week, the college’s Vice President, Chiu Shao-yi, said most its graduates had no knowledge of gambling operations and needed to take new classes. He added that 25 students had already paid the TW$100,000 (US$3,050) study programme fee because they were confident it would be easy to find a casino job as croupier with a starting salary of TW$50,000 a month.After years of controversy, Taiwan approved casino gambling last year, in an effort to help stimulate the economy of its outlying islands. Penghu will host the first-ever legal casino in Taiwan if its residents approve the move in a referendum.
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