The government will upgrade the area of responsibility of the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) in February when it will also be tasked with promoting Macao’s scientific and technological innovation.
Politics
Outline of bill regulating the city’s building construction passed, proposing that those who fail to carry out the necessary maintenance of or repairs to their buildings, despite an official order to do so, will face a fine.
The government will continue to run a budget deficit, although formally the budget is a balanced one thanks to a cash injection accounting for nearly 28% of next year’s expected government revenue.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng urged officials on Tuesday to continue doing a “good job” in the next stage of the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control work while he was summarising Macao’s “phased” achievements in its COVID-19 prevention and control work.
In a statement, the US Treasury described Wan as “a leader of the 14K Triad, one of the largest Chinese organised criminal organisations in the world”.
The Legislative Assembly passed the government’s third 2020 budget amendment bill.
The government has finished drafting a new bill regulating the city’s building construction, which proposes that those who fail to carry out the necessary maintenance or repairs of their buildings, in spite of an official order to do so, will face a fine, as opposed to the current situation in which no fine can be imposed.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak says that the police will start recruiting volunteers next month for the government’s civil protection work, pledging that the authorities will ensure the volunteers’ safety while participating in civil protection.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Monday’s Q&A session that the government expects the Qingmao border checkpoint project to be completed in the second quarter of next year.