Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai travelled to Beijing yesterday for a three-day working visit where he will attend the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) tomorrow morning, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).
Sam is scheduled to return to Macau tomorrow after attending the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC in the morning.
During Sam’s absence from Macau, Secretary for Administration and Justice Wong Sio Chak will be acting chief executive, the statement said.
Sam’s Hong Kong counterpart, John Lee Ka-chiu, will also attend tomorrow morning’s opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People.
The opening meeting of the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will be held in the Great Hall of the People in the nation’s capital this afternoon.
The annual sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC are known as the nation’s “two sessions”.
The fourth session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, which will begin at 3 p.m. today, will conclude in the morning of Wednesday next week, spokesman Liu Jieyi told a press conference in Beijing yesterday.
Details of the schedules for the fourth session of the 14th NPC will be announced during a press conference in Beijing today.
Each term of the NPC and the CPPCC National Committee have five annual sessions, held in March every year. The fifth, last sessions of the 14th NPC and the 14th CPPCC National Committee are scheduled to be held in March next year.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee, who also travelled to Beijing yesterday, visited two central government agencies, separately meeting with the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Song Zhiyong, and the chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), Zhang Yuzhuo, according to a statement by the Hong Kong government.
As of last night, no follow-up statement was issued by the Macau government regarding Sam’s schedule in Beijing yesterday.
Macau’s NPC deputies, CPPCC National Committee members depart
Meanwhile, Macau deputies to the NPC and Macau members of the CPPCC National Committee departed for Beijing yesterday, and some of them talked to the media at the local airport.
Macau has 12 deputies to the NPC and 38 CPPCC National Committee members.
The local NPC deputies and CPPCC members who talked to the media yesterday said that they will put strong emphasis on policies and measures aiming to enable Macau to better align its third five-year socioeconomic development plan with the nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan.
Local NPC deputy Kevin Ho King Lun said that he will place emphasis on Macau’s integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as well as the stronger integration of data and information within the GBA.
Local NPC deputy Chan Hong said that she will focus on measures to make it more convenient for Macau residents to live in the GBA, while her fellow member Ho Sut Heng said that she will place special emphasis on measures to enable Macau to better seize the development opportunities brought about by the nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan.
Local CPPCC member Frederico Ma Chi Ngai said that he will put stronger emphasis on how Macau can better serve the nation in terms of cultivating and attracting high-end talent, while his fellow member Wong Kit Cheng said that she will pay close attention to measures aiming to help Macau young people seize the development opportunities brought about by the nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan.
Nine of Macau’s 12 deputies to the NPC pose at the local airport yesterday before their flight to Beijing, comprising (from left to right) Wan Nang Hon, Sio Chi Wai, Iong Weng Ian, Ho Sut Heng, Kou Hoi In, Ng Siu Lai, Chan Hong, Vong Hin Fai, and Kevin Ho King Lun. – Photo courtesy of TDM
