As Sam Hou Fai has been officially accepted as the sole candidate for next month’s chief executive election, his election campaign website was officially launched yesterday.
Sam’s election campaign office noted in a statement yesterday that Sam submitted his candidacy nomination form with endorsements from 386 electors of the 400-member Chief Executive Election Committee during the chief executive candidacy nomination period, after which the Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) officially accepted Sam as a candidate for the sixth-term chief executive election after completing its eligibility review of his candidature application, the statement noted.
The candidacy nomination period ran between August 29 and September 12, during which only Sam submitted his candidacy nomination form.
The commission announced on Wednesday last week that it had accepted Sam as the sole candidate for the chief executive election on October 13. After no one lodged objections to its decision, the commission announced on Friday that Sam’s sole candidature has been officially confirmed.
Sam, 62, is the former president of Macau’s top court, the Court of Final Appeal (TUI). He resigned from his position, which he had held since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on December 20, 1999, in late August so that he could run in the October 13 chief executive election.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng announced on August 21 that for health reasons he would not seek a second five-year term. A chief executive can only serve two consecutive terms.
Sam is set to become the MSAR’s fourth head of government, i.e., chief executive, after Edmund Ho Hau Wah and Fernando Chui Sai On, each of whom served two consecutive five-year terms, and Ho Iat Seng’s single term which ends at midnight on December 19, 2024.
Yesterday’s statement said that Sam’s election campaign website was officially launched on September 23, adding that members from different segments of civil society can continue to submit their written opinions and suggestions to the election campaign office.
Sam’s election campaign website (https://www.shfsc-raem.com), available in Chinese and Portuguese, provides statements about his meetings with electors from different sectors on the Chief Executive Election Committee as well as meetings with associations from various segments of civil society.
The website also provides Sam’s declaration of candidacy and curriculum vitae (CV), both available in Chinese, Portuguese and English.
Members of the public can send their written opinions and suggestions about Sam’s election campaign manifesto by email to op@shfsc-raem.com. For other enquiries, they can send their email to sc@shfsc-raem.com.
Sam’s election campaign office can also be reached by phone on 2892 0182 and fax on 2878 8392.
Sam’s election campaign office is located in unit AB on the 15th floor of Nam Tung Commercial Building in Nam Van, situated on the corner of Avenida da Praia Grande and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.
Manifesto presentation to last 3 hours
Sam is scheduled to announce his election campaign manifesto on the coming Saturday, September 28, i.e., the first day of the chief executive election campaign period, at the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (aka Forum Macao Complex), where the session is scheduled to be held between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., during which he will present his candidacy platform and answer questions from members of the 400-strong Chief Executive Election Committee.
The session will be open to the media and broadcast live by public broadcaster TDM. In addition, the session will be live-streamed on the government portal website (https://www.gov.mo), the chief executive election’s website (https://www.ece.gov.mo) and the website of the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) (https://www.gcs.gov.mo), as well as on the GCS YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/macaogcs) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/macaogcs)
The October 13 chief executive election will also be held at the Forum Macao Complex, located near Macau Tower.
The chief executive election campaign period will run between September 28 and October 11.
This screenshot taken yesterday shows chief executive sole candidate Sam Hou Fai’s election campaign website.
