Macau flag will be flown at half-mast today to mourn the passing of the nation’s former premier Li Peng.
Politics
Former Legislative Assembly president Ho Iat Seng has been accepted by the commission as a nominee for running in next month’s chief executive election.
Ho Iat Seng’s election as Macau’s third chief executive next month is a done deal, as he has secured the backing of 94.5% of the Chief Executive Election Committee.
13 local residents plan to run in the chief executive election next month and have picked up nomination forms.
Kou Hoi In was elected president of the Legislative Assembly by his peers on Wednesday, with 90. 6 per cent of the votes cast, succeeding chief executive hopeful Ho Iat Seng who resigned from the legislature early this month.
The schedule for the by-election of a vacant business-sector seat in the Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held on November 24.
The government has presented a new draft of its civil protection framework bill to the legislature which no longer refers to “groundless” information or news or those “with ulterior motives”.
Sources said that Kou was the most suitable replacement of Ho Iat Seng, who resigned from the legislature earlier this month so that he can run for chief executive in next month’s election.
The non-implementation of the system is due to Macau’s status as one of the nation’s two SAR’s that in line with the “One Country, Two Systems”.