The retirement of former Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) Director Fong Soi Kun won’t impact the ongoing investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) into his controversial handling of killer typhoon Hato’s warning signals, the Secretariat for Administration and Justice said in a statement yesterday.
The statement came in response to an announcement in the Official Gazette (BO) earlier this week, which stated that Fong will get a monthly pension of 890 salary points (equivalent to 73,870 patacas) after he had applied to retire, based on the current public service regulations.
The day after Super Typhoon Hato pummelled Macau on August 23 and killed 10, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On accepted Fong’s resignation over the latter’s widely criticised handling of Hato’s warning signals. Fong submitted his resignation for “personal reasons”. Fong also applied to retire when he handed Chui his resignation.
The then director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, speaks to reporters on August 23 during a special press conference held by the government at the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in the S. Francisco Barracks about Typhoon Hato. He resigned the next morning. Photo: Tony Wong
