Potential chief executive (CE) candidate Sam Hou Fai has started to contact the different sectors of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee to listen to their views and try to obtain their nomination that will enable him to stand in the upcoming election, stating yesterday that with the aim of listening more widely to the views of the community, he is open to people from all walks of life submitting their written views to his election campaign office via different channels with immediate effect.
Sam Hou Fai’s election campaign office noted in a statement yesterday that in order to help Sam Hou Fai, who is running for the sixth-term of office of the chief executive, to listen to the views of the community “more extensively”, members of the community are now welcome to submit their written views to the election campaign office by email at op@shfsc-raem.com, fax on 2878 8392 and post to Room AB, 15/F, Nam Tung Commercial Building, No. 517, Avenida Praia Grande, Macau.
A separate statement by Sam’s election campaign office on Saturday noted that accompanied by his election campaign trustee Lei Wun Kong, president of the Macau Legal Promotion Association; office head Ip Sio Kai, a member of the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) and chairman of the Macao Bankers’ Association and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); and deputy office head Chan Ka Leong, president of the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (commonly known as Kai Fong), Sam has met with members of the committee in the industrial, commercial and financial sectors, the cultural, education, professional and the sports sectors, the labour, social services and religious – Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist and Taoist – sectors, and Macau’s 12 deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) as well as representatives of the Macau members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) and the city’s municipal organs.
In order to formally launch his bid to become Macau’s sixth- term chief executive, Sam is required to be endorsed by at least 66 of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Committee, or 16.5 percent of the elector, by next Thursday.
As reported by Macao Daily News – Macau’s top selling Chinese-language newspaper – yesterday, Sam met with the Chief Executive Election Committee’s cultural constituency at the Macao Daily News Building on Avenida de Venceslau de Morais on Saturday to listen to views and suggestions on the future development of the news media and cultural undertakings, including proposals to increase investment in cultural resources, give full play to Macau’s unique advantages of cultural exchanges between Chinese and Western cultures, increase the number of venues for arts performances and revitalise existing resources; to strengthen cultural transmission among young people and systematically consolidate the resources for cultural and educational activities in respect of loving Macau and loving the motherland; and to establish a cultural promotion platform through cooperation between Macau and Hengqin.
Sam said during the meeting, as cited by the news report, the development and prosperity of Macau faces many problems and challenges, adding that his aim in running for the office of the chief executive was to do his part to unite all sectors of the community, to take residents ‘expectations for a better life as the greatest pursuit of governance and to continuously enhance the residents’ sense of gain, happiness and security, making Macau a more prosperous and harmonious city.
Announcing his CE candidacy last Wednesday, Sam, the former president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), said during a press conference that the fundamental reason for his candidacy was to “fully and accurately: implement the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, to contribute to the nation’s construction and rejuvenation, and to safeguard Macau’s long-term prosperity and stability.
This undated handout photo provided by the Sam Hou Fai’s election campaign office yesterday shows potential chief executive Sam Hou Fai posing.
