The Macau government yesterday said in a strongly worded statement Thursday that the 2018 Annual Report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) contains “groundless and baseless claims” and makes “inappropriate” comments about Macau’s internal affairs.
Politics
Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng urged Macau lawmakers to respect the existing executive-led system of Macau – when carrying out their legislative tasks – by ensuring that the executive authorities and the legislature always complement and provide checks and balances to each other.
A total of 29 members of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) went to Beijing Thursday for a four-day visit to the national capital and the nearby municipality of Tianjin, with the aim of better understanding the ongoing social and economic development of the mainland, at the invitation of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.
Macau will step up effort in responding to the needs of the national development strategy, in order to propel the city’s prosperity while contributing to the development of the country, said today the Chief Executive.
The government Wednesday launched a 45-day public consultation on the drafting of a bill regulating the tapping of telephones during police investigations into criminal cases.
Newly appointed Foreign Ministry Commissioner Shen Beili said Wednesday her office was “sincerely delighted” with Macau’s “growing external engagement and international prestige.”
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday that the local government will need to carry out a large number of measures with the aim of constantly improving Macau’s ability to tackle typhoons and other major natural disasters.
In a hard-hitting report published Thursday, the Commission of Audit (CA) says that the estimated construction cost for the eight sections of Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that the government has planned for the short, medium and long terms amounts to at least 50 billion patacas (US$ 6.25 billion)
The Executive Council announced Tuesday that the government has drafted a bill on cyber security which proposes the mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services – i.e., customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including for the purchase of a pre-paid SIM card.