The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) held the screening of a documentary about the June 4 incident at the group’s headquarters yesterday evening.
Speaking to The Macau Post Daily on the sidelines of the screening, Chan said NMA members have customarily joined the annual open-air vigil held by Macau Democratic Development Union headed by lawmakers Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San. However, he said his association held a different type of event this year to enable the public to look at the incident in another way.
Recalling the protest marches and gatherings against the government’s controversial bill on generous compensation packages – popularly known as “golden handshakes” – for the chief executive and other principal officials in 2014, Chan said residents’ voices were heard and the government had responded to the calls in a timely manner. Following the protests, the government decided to scrap the bill.
