The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday that Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai convened and chaired seven sessions over a 10-day period earlier this month briefing high-level political appointees and senior public servants in different portfolios about the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s various speeches during his visit to Macau last month and how they should apply the spirit in their work.
According to the statement, the seven sessions were held at Government Headquarters or the Services Platform Complex for Commercial and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (aka Forum Macao Complex), with each of them lasting about two hours. The seven sessions, held between January 8 and 17, were attended by over 500 political appointees and public servants in total.
The statement noted that unlike previously when the government only held one session each time about a particular topic for top officials of the government’s bureaus and other bureau-level entities together, this time, Sam convened seven sessions, briefing political appointees and senior public servants from entities in seven different portfolios respectively, namely entities directly under the chief executive, entities under each of the five portfolio policy secretaries, as well as all those from the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) and from the Commission of Audit (CA) together.
The statement also said that this time the sessions were also attended by department heads of bureaus and other bureau-level entities. While bureaus consist of departments, the latter consist of divisions.
The statement said that in each of the seven sessions, Sam laid out requirements and gave instructions to the high-level officials and senior public servants, based on the spirit of Xi’s various speeches, tailored to the different functions of various public entities under the seven different portfolios.
This undated handout photo released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday shows Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai (centre) addressing a session earlier this month at Government Headquarters briefing officials and public servants from the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) and from the Commission of Audit (CA) about the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s speeches, flanked by CCAC Commissioner Ao Ieong Seong (left) and Commissioner of Audit Elsie Ao Ieng U.
