Speaking during yesterday’s Macau Forum open-air debate, grassroots legislator Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong insisted that any undeveloped land plots must be repossessed upon the expiration of their 25-year provisional concessions as stipulated by the Land Law, adding it was “completely unnecessary” to interpret the law by passing a bill on the matter.
Over 50 audience members attended the forum, where Ng, a board member of the New Macau Association (NMA), was a guest speaker. The forum is a public debate programme hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday. Usually, the forum’s audience comprises just one or two dozen audience members.
Under the Land Law, such plots are bound to be repossessed regardless of whether the leaseholders can be held responsible for the land’s non-development during the 25-year period.
Grassroots legislator Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong (centre), a board member of the New Macau Association (NMA), speaks during yesterday’s Macau Forum in Areia Preta Park while Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers Vice-President Celina Kuan Veng (left) and lawyer Daniel Chio Song Meng look on. – Photo: Davis Ip
New Macau Association (NMA) board member Lei Kuok Keong (holding a microphone) speaks during yesterday’s forum while his fellow NMA board member Sulu Sou Ka Hou (left of Lei) and other audience members look on. – Photo: Davis Ip
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