Macau Yearbook 2013 - Macao Yearbook

Macao Yearbook 201326 Chief Executive Chui Sai On attends a question-and-answer session at the LegislativeAssembly to respond to members’ concerns about the government’s administration andsocial issues. The Chief Executive says that the Government plans to inject 10 billionpatacas into the Social Security Fund in the next two years to ensure its sustainableoperation.30 A Buddha’s parietal-bone relic worshipping ceremony is held in Macao.May2 The Executive Council concludes the discussion of the Basic Law Annex I “Amendmentto the Methods of Selecting the Chief Executive of the Macao SAR (Draft)” and AnnexII “Amendment to the Methods of Forming the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR(Draft)”, and submits the bills to the Legislative Assembly for deliberation.3 The Government starts a 60-day public consultation on its Public Housing DevelopmentStrategy (2011-2020).6 The Authority of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Civil Engineering Laboratoryof Macao sign a contract for the concrete certification of the island and tunnel of themain part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. The laboratory is commissionedto test and certify that the concrete used for the main part of the Bridge meets strengthand durability requirements.8 The Legialtive Assembly passes the first reading of the Basic Law Annex I “Amendmentto the Methods of Selecting the Chief Executive of the Macao SAR (Draft)”, and passesthe first reading of Annex II “Amendment to the Methods of Forming the LegislativeAssembly of the Macao SAR (Draft)” the following day.10 The Bill on Additional Remuneration for Public Security Forces and Services (so-calleddangerous duty allowance) and the Food Safety Law pass their first readings in the plenarysession of the Legislative Assembly.11 Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U visits Taipei and pays a courtesy callon Lai Shin-Yuan, Director of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council.13 The Government officially opens its Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.14 CTM’s 3G mobile phone network fails again. Services in numerous districts on theMacao peninsula are interrupted.15 At the 2012 Guangdong-Macao Cooperation Joint Conference, Guangdong and Macao signfive agreements: Implementation of the major tasks in 2012 under the Framework Agreementon Cooperation Between Guangdong and Macao, Guangdong-Macao New Cross-borderRoute Cooperation Framework Agreement, Leasing Contract of Land Use Right for StateownedInfrastructure, Guangdong-Macao Standard Work Task Force Cooperation Agreement26