The government yesterday opened its new Civil Protection Operations Centre at the Immigration Department Building in Pac On in Taipa, with the aim of enhancing the security forces’ ability to handle major security incidents and crisis in the city.
The Immigration Department is run by the Public Security Police (PSP).
Since an amendment bill to the Security Framework Law and the law regulating the operations of the Unitary Police Service (SPU) came into force earlier this month, the Unitary Police Service is responsible for providing civil protection. Previously, civil protection was provided by the Security Forces Coordination Office, which has been abolished.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On (centre), Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak (left) and Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun applaud after Chui unveils the new Civil Protection Operations Centre’s inaugural plaque at the Immigration Department Building in Pac On in Taipa yesterday. Photos: GCS
Public Security Police (PSP) officers take part in an exercise simulating the situation when a typhoon is hitting the city, at the new Civil Protection Operations Centre yesterday. Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun forecast on the sidelines of yesterday’s opening ceremony of the centre that Macau was expected to be affected by 6 to 7 typhoons this year.
