Politics

Macau’s cybersecurity law took effect and related government departments started operations on Sunday, which experts said could help ensure the free and safe flow of information and safeguard national security in the city, according to Global Times today. 

Ho Iat Seng explained to TDM his reasons for dropping from his government the former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam and Secretary for Economy and Finance, Leong Vai Tac

Ho appointed former secretary for administration justice Sónia Chan Soi Fan as the director of the office in a executive order published in the gazette Friday.

New Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng yesterday pledged that he will pursue the development of a “service-orientated” government and improved public administration efficiency.

President Xi Jinping stressed Friday that with the return of Macau and Hong Kong to the motherland, the handling of affairs in the two special administrative regions (SARs) is “strictly China’s internal matter” so that “there is no need for any external forces to dictate things to us”.

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged principal officials of the fifth-term government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), who were sworn in Friday, to demonstrate a sense of mission.