Activists from the People Power group including its high-profile Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat urged Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday to cancel the funding of the Macau Foundation (FM) by the city’s casino industry.
The activists accused the foundation of wasting public funds by handing out subsidies to associations and other organisations.
The public foundation was set up by the government in 2001. It is mainly funded by 1.6 percent of the gross revenues of Macau’s casinos.
Accompanied by activists from the People Power group including its high-profile Vice-Chairman Cheong Weng Fat (right), local resident Lai Meng San (centre) hands his petition to a female official outside Government Headquarters yesterday. Photo: Ian Sio Tou
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