From Thursday the Chief Executive Chui Sai On heads an official delegation from the Macau government on a tour of cities in the Greater Bay Area Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao.
Politics
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official Carol Duh Chia-fen, who heads the council’s Department of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said Thursday that the government-appointed council is currently in talks with the island’s immigration department to give Macau residents the choice whether to use their Portuguese or Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passports to enter Taiwan.
Well-known Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang briefed local government officials Thursday on his work and the central government’s approach towards diplomacy and international relations.
The Macau government announced Wednesday that Macau permanent residents who are gainfully employed or running a company in Hong Kong can apply for a permit to drive their cars into the neighbouring city via the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau (HKZM) Bridge
The Portuguese Secretary of State for Tax Affairs, António Mendonça Mendes, the representative of the Portuguese government for the ceremonies of June 10 praised the government of Macau for the opportunity given to Portuguese nationals to live and work in the region.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Wednesday that the local government will continue to support the building of “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), adding that in building the BRI, the central government had given Macau enormous support, and it was also Macau’s responsibility to contribute.
The annual June 4 vigil was held Monday night in Senado Square attracting approximately 200 attendees as the weather improved later into the evening.
The court of first Appeal sentenced Sulu Sou to a fine of MOP 40,800 and Scott Chiang to a fine of MOP 27,600 today, according to Radio Macau. If Sou or Chiang do not pay the fines, they will be subject to spending 80 days in jail.
Chief Executive Chui Sai On called Monday for open-minded and innovative forms of cooperation between Macau and Beijing, particularly in terms of how to advance Macau’s participation in the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).