The Government Information Bureau (GCS) reminded the public in a statement yesterday that Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai will deliver his first policy address during a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) in its hemicycle starting at 3 p.m. today, after which he will answer questions about his 2025 Policy Address during a press conference at the nearby Government Headquarters scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
Sam will answer questions from lawmakers about his policy address tomorrow in another plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle commencing at 3 p.m.
Macau’s fiscal year runs on a calendar-year basis.
The statement noted that the plenum to deliver the policy address followed by a press conference this afternoon as well as tomorrow afternoon’s Q&A session to answer legislators’ questions will be broadcast live on the TV and radio channels of public broadcaster TDM.
The public can also watch the proceedings online through various platforms: the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government Portal at www.gov.mo; the Chief Executive Office’s website at www.gce.gov.mo; the Legislative Assembly’s website at www.al.gov.mo; the Government Information Bureau’s website at www.gcs.gov.mo; and the Policy Address webpage at www.policyaddress.gov.mo.
The public can also choose to view the official YouTube channels of the Chief Executive Office at www.youtube.com/c/gcegovmo or the Government Information Bureau at www.youtube.com/macaogcs, as well as the Government Information Bureau’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/macaogcs.
They can also choose to use the official mobile apps of the Chief Executive Office or the Government Information Bureau to watch the proceedings.
The proceedings will be simultaneously translated from Cantonese to Portuguese.
Written information in English about Sam’s 2025 Policy Address will be posted on the Government Information Bureau’s newly launched Facebook page for English-language news at www.facebook.com/macaogcsen.
Yesterday’s statement also noted that after Sam delivers his policy address, members of the public can obtain copies of the Chinese and Portuguese versions from the Government Headquarters Affairs Bureau (DSASG), the Government Information Bureau (GCS), the Printing Bureau (IO), the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), and the Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT), as well as the Public Administration Building on Rua do Campo and the city’s central library in Praça do Tap Seac.
They can also download the policy address from the Government Portal, the Chief Executive Office’s website, the Government Information Bureau’s website, and the Policy Address webpage.
Yesterday’s statement also noted that Sam’s five policy secretaries will present their respective portfolios’ policy guidelines to the legislature from April 17 to 30, with Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon on April 17, Secretary for Economy and Finance Anton Tai Kin Ip on April 23, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak on April 25, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam on April 28, and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raymond Tam Vai Man on April 30.
Each of the five policy secretaries’ one-day Q&A session is scheduled to run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., each slated to last about eight hours in total.
This file photo shows Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai addressing a briefing session at the headquarters of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape last month about this year’s “two sessions” in Beijing – the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). – Photo: GCS
