Government will keep expenditure restrictions for 2023 budget proposals, due to be discussed and voted on in the Legislative Assembly in November.
Ho Iat Seng
Younger generation urged to distinguish between right and wrong, strive for self-improvement, adhere to virtue and grasp opportunities.
Lee to start five-year term on 1 July, succeeding Carrie Lam, who chose not to run for re-election.
CE ensures employment for residents remains important but does not say non-resident workers should be fired or replaced by Macao residents.
Chief Executive laments Macao continues to suffer the effects of Covid-19 and poor visitor numbers, rising unemployment and declining birth rate.
Officials hope to adjust rules to expand participants’ eligibility, relax requirements for course completion and cover more target participants.
Equatorial Guinea joins Forum Macao, whose members look to China for help in recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Q&A session, which is broadcast live, aims to keep residents in touch and make public administration transparent.
Professor Pang Chuan promises additional programmes will be launched for the new faculty, expects more applications from mainland Chinese students in mid-May.