Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum expressed concern that the government’s proposed measure enabling parents to request that their children be banned from leaving the city, such as when they suspect that their children go to the mainland to take drugs, would further worsen the relationship between parents and their teenage children.
The weekly open-air debate is hosted by government-owned broadcast TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday.
On Monday last week, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak told lawmakers that the government was studying the feasibility of imposing restrictions on local minors (aged under 18) exiting Macau, such as to stop them from going to the mainland to take drugs there and even engage in cross-border drug trafficking.
Guest speakers and audience members attend TDM’s Macau Forum in Areia Preta Park yesterday. - Photo: Tony Wong
