Macao’s leader called for all government workers and eligible voters to perform their civic duty by casting their ballots for the city’s lawmakers on Sunday
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China’s critics love to apply the description to Hong Kong and Macao but, politics aside, some experts say its use is problematic
The visit is said to be part of a wider trip to China and comes in the wake of Macao Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai’s second postponement of his own official trip to Portugal
The Macao government has neither explained the reason for the currently delay nor announced a new date for the trip
The two-week long campaign period began on Saturday with a launch ceremony that was attended by all 12 parties fielding election candidates
Macao’s leader will be stopping in Lisbon and Madrid between 16 and 23 September for his first overseas trip since taking office last December
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with members of the National People’s Congress on Thursday, in preparation for a policy address later this year
SAR officials say that the case of an individual held last week on suspicion of national security violations will be handled ‘strictly according to the law’
Public broadcaster TDM said that ‘according to information’ it obtained, the arrested individual is former pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San