2010 Macau labour protest (五．一 勞動節遊行) was a protest that occurred on Labour Day

Labour Day

Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for...

 May 1, 2010 at Patane, St. Anthony Parish

St. Anthony Parish

St. Anthony Parish is a freguesia on the western portion of the Macau Peninsula. It has the highest population density in Macau . The entire area is reclaimed from the sea....

 Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

 Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. May 1, 2010 is also the opening day for the Shanghai

Shanghai

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 2010 expo in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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Protest

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. 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 bottle

Bottled water

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s and placard

Placard

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s at the officers who fought back with water cannon

Water cannon

A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-pressure stream of water. Typically, a water cannon can deliver a large volume of water, often over dozens of metres / hundreds of feet. They are used in firefighting and riot control. Most water cannon fall under the category of a fire...

s. Police also fired shots into the air. There were some injuries from the use of the cannons.

See also

• 2007 Macau labour protest
  2007 Macau labour protest
  The 2007 Macau labour protest was a large scale protest that occurred on Labour Day May 1, 2007 in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China...
  
  
• 2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest
  2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest
  The 2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest occurred on December 20, 2010 on the 11th anniversary of the Transfer of sovereignty of Macau. The protest took place on the same date as the handover anniversary in 1999...