Potential chief executive candidate Sam Hou Fai yesterday met with top representatives from the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), his election campaign office said in a statement yesterday.
This came after Sam on Tuesday morning submitted nominations endorsed by 383 electors of the 400-member Chief Executive Election Committee, representing 95.75 percent of the total.
Once reviewed and approved by the Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE), Sam will be the only candidate for the Chief Executive Election on October 13, as no other candidate can possibly garner at least 66 nominations from the 400-strong Chief Executive Election Committee, each member of which can only endorse one candidate.
During yesterday’s meeting with the AAM representatives, Sam was accompanied by lawyer Lei Wun Kong, the trustee of his election campaign, and educator Chan Ka Leong, the election campaign office’s deputy head.
The meeting was held at Sam’s election campaign office in Nam Tung Commercial Building in Nam Van.
According to the statement, the AAM representatives who attended yesterday’s meeting with Sam included the association’s president, lawmaker Vong Hin Fai.
According to the AAM website, Lei currently chairs the association’s supervisory board.
According to the statement, the AAM representatives raised opinions on topics such as young lawyers’ career and development prospects, the possible impact of Macau’s economic transformation on its legal sector, and measures aiming to increase incentives for local lawyers to practise law in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin.
Meanwhile, Sam’s election campaign office said in a separate statement yesterday that Lei and Chan met with representatives from local think tank Macau Collective Wisdom Association at the campaign office on Tuesday afternoon.
Sam did not attend the meeting with the association representatives, who raised opinions on topics such as the revitalisation of the city’s old quarters, non-gaming attractions, modern finance, the development of the sports sector, enhancing young local people’s competitiveness, improving the public administration system, and e-government.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sam also met with representatives from an association representing retired public servants at his election campaign office, a statement later that day said.
On Tuesday morning, Lei and Chan met with representatives from the Macau Dancers Association.
On Monday afternoon, Sam met with members of an association representing the city’s higher education sector.
This handout photo provided by the Sam Hou Fai Election Campaign Office yesterday shows Sam (front, centre) posing on the sidelines of yesterday’s meeting at his campaign office in Nam Van with representatives from the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) such as its president Vong Hin Fai (front, third from left) and secretary Oriana Inácio Pun (front, second from left).
