Chief Executive Chui Sai On Tuesday congratulated the city’s newly-elected lawmakers on their success, vowing that the government and the legislature will continue to adhere to the principle of “one country, two systems” to serve Macau people.
Politics
Agnes Lam Iok Fong, one of the incoming legislature’s newcomers, said Monday that she would be a middle-of-the-road-lawmaker and she would try to listen to opinions from both pro-democracy and pro-government sides.
Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a newcomer to the incoming legislature, said Monday he hoped residents would continue to “monitor” him and the government.
Three newcomers won seats in the legislature while two lawmakers failed in their re-election bids in the direct legislative election.
Sitting lawmakers Chui Sai Cheong, Chan Iek Lap and Vong Hin Fai were elected by the professional sector, the only sector which had two electoral groups competing.
Sir Robert Hart, the Irish Director-General of the Qing government’s Imperial Maritime Customs, twice tried to buy back Macau from Portugal in the 19th century.
For the second time this week, police have arrested a Brazilian woman for smuggling cocaine into Macau.
Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee President Tong Hio Fong said on Wednesday that the IACM had made a “technical mistake” by not explaining clearly the reasons for rejecting the New Macau Progressives (ANPM) electoral group’s application to hold campaign rallies in various public places.
The Guangdong Provincial Government for the Macau proposal regarding a system for flood prevention not only for Macau but also Zhuhai and Zhongshan.