Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon has told lawmakers that the government will hold a public consultation this year on its plans to reform the civil service.
Politics
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed on Thursday the government’s second budget amendment bill.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng’s 2020 Policy Address on Monday focused on social welfare, job creation and institutional reform.
While the Chief Executive reaffirmed that the government will not lower Macau’s gaming tax rate of 35%, they will also launch a public consultation on amendments to the city’s current gaming industry law in the second half of this year.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Monday he wishes that Hengqin Island could become the “second Macau”.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng today ruled out a tax cut for Macau’s gaming operators.
Depending on the COVID-19 epidemic situation, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng would consider gradually opening Macau’s borders again to tourists from the Chinese mainland from the end of this month.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng expressed his hope that the adjacent island of Hengqin could become “the second Macau”.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said today that the novel coronavirus epidemic in Macau “is basically under control”, thanks to the special administrative region’s efficient measures against the disease.