Procurator General Chio Meng Ho of China
HONG KONG, Jan 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is in charge of China's two former foreign colonies -- Macao and Hong Kong -- began a two-day visit to Macao on Saturday.
But Camoes Tam, an expert on Macao affairs and chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said Xi does not have the final say on who is the next chief of Macao.
Macau, China, 6 Jan - Businessman Ho Iat Seng, who has been mentioned as one of the potential candidates for the Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region of Macau from 20 December 2009, said he does not plan to compete for the position, Tuesday's edition of Hoje Macau reported.
A MacauNews poll about Who is likely to be the next Chief Executive showed that the Secretary of State for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yun is the favourite amongst a group of four names (Ho Iat Seng, Fernando Chui Sai On, Francis Tam Pak Yun and Ho Chio Meng.
Tam, who has been involved in Chinese politics since the 80s, got his degree in Business Administration in the United Kingdom and actually entered politics recently (post-1999), after a great deal of business experience in the textile and apparel sectors.
Macau Monitor also reported the background of Chui Sai On (51 years old), who is responsible for Social Services and Culture in the government and got his degree in the United States.
I have not considered that, Ho Iat Seng, who is a member of the Committee Member of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress, told reporters during a visit by Xu Ze, assistant director of the Liason Office to the Macau Chamber of Commerce, when asked if he was interested in running for office.
Meanwhile, Ho Iat Seng, who is the director-general of the association, said the year of 2008 had been a hard year for the manufacturing industry, with the foreign market not doing as well as before leading to a drop in the number of orders.
In addition, manufacturing prices were also lowering deals to the drop in the price of raw materials, according to Ho Iat Seng who said the revenue for last year will less 20 percent than that of the previous year.
50 participants to attend an introductory talk at 8.
conference) described the background to the resolution.
Xi, who is Beijing's top official overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs, is expected to arrive on Saturday.
one of the leading criminal lawyers in The Netherlands.
Ho said the Public Prosecutions Office has spared no efforts in the past year to simplify the prosecution progress to fight crime more effectively.
Ho was re-appointed to a second term on September 20, 2004.
Ho was chosen by a Selection Committee composed of 200 Macau residents appointed by the Preparatory Committee (the committee responsible for transition issues composed of 60 Macau and 40 Mainland representatives appointed by the NPC - see section IV below.
In the May 15, 1999 election, Ho, a Canadian-educated banker who had served ten years in Macau's Legislative Assembly, received 163 votes to Au's 34.
Two were from the private sector, one a businessman who has also been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC), and the other the principal of a pro-Beijing high school.
Procurator General Ho Chio Meng, who, in accordance with, the Basic Law was appointed by the State Council on the recommendation of the Chief Executive, is a Guangdong-trained lawyer and former judge who had served as Deputy Commissioner of the pre-handover High Commission Against Corruption.
In July 2000, as provided for in the Basic Law, the State Council announced its appointment of Marine Police Commander Choi Lai Hang, who was nominated by Chief Executive Ho to be Macau's first Customs Commissioner.