Workers travel to Macao in search of higher wages

Nearly two-thirds of imported laborers in SAR are from mainland

Yan Zhibiao arrived at Gongbei Port before 7 am to join a long winding line where thousands jostled each other in a crowd half the size of a football field.

It was an hour after the 44-year-old had kissed his 3-year-old daughter goodbye and begun the daily commute to cross the border.