Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Thursday that Macau will adapt a “two-pronged” approach to increase its own capacity and strengthen regional cooperation as a key approach to ensuring sustainable development.
Politics
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed a government-initiated bill amending the Judicial Organisation Framework Law, according to which all cases involving national security will only be tried by local judges holding Chinese nationality.
Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced that the council has drafted a bill which proposes that the statutory minimum wage for cleaners and doormen employed by the property management sector be raised to 32 patacas per hour from the current amount of 30 patacas an hour, an increase of 6.6 percent.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will lead a 50-member Macau government delegation will include some of the members of the Executive Council, local deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and local members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The Macau government is thankful to the central government for attaching great attention to, and supporting Macau’s involvement in the development of the Greater Bay Area, a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau said.
Macau is willing to deepen cooperation with other cities in the Greater Bay Area and make its own contributions to the nation’s strategic development, so as to achieve greater success in terms of integration into the national development, Fernando Chui Sai On said.
Chinese authorities on Monday unveiled the outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, aiming to develop the region into “a role model of high-quality development.” according to Xinhua News Agency.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said his biggest hope at the moment was to remain focused on fulfilling his duties and responsibilities in his current post.
According to the statement, a Macau delegation paid a weeklong working visit to Portugal for talks on a bilateral agreement on the transfer of fugitive offenders and an agreement on mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters.