The government announced yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has decided to punish the former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi, Kun, by suspending the payment of his pension for four years for his failure to fulfil his duties properly over the hoisting of storm warning signals when Super Typhoon Hato pummelled Macau last year.
According to a statement from the Government Spokesperson’s Office (GPV) yesterday, disciplinary procedures launched by the government against Fong and the bureau’s former vice-director, Florence Leong Ka Cheng, for their alleged failure to fulfil their duties properly over the handling of Hato’s warning signals have recently been completed. The outcome of the disciplinary procedures determined that the duo should be held accountable, the statement said.
Leong submitted her resignation as the bureau’s vice-director in February, effective from March 1, when she returned to her original post as a senior public servant at the weather station, which has a director and a vice-director.
Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Acting Director Chou Kam Chon (centre) speaks during yesterday’s press conference about the government’s decision to suspend the pension payment of the former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, as Pension Fund (FP) Administrative Committee Acting President Ermelinda Maria da Conceição Xavier (left) and SMG Director Raymond Tam Vai Man look on, at the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) in Nape. Photos: Tony Wong
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