Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday underlined the importance of patriotism and national security in his New Year’s address.
In the speech, Chui said that all sectors of civil society should remain united and promote the traditional values of loving the country and loving Macau. He also pointed out that the setting-up of the Commission on the Defence of National Security by his government last year further improved Macau’s national security system and mechanism.
Chui, whose second and constitutionally final consecutive five-year term comes to an end on December 19 this year, also said that the protection of residents’ life and property continued to be the top priority of his governance, promising that Macau will be “more proactive” in participating in the establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the central authorities’ Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He also said that the local government would also this year be guided by the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and also strengthen its efforts to consolidate Macau’s position as a world centre of tourism and leisure as well as a service platform for trade and economic cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, a key policy known as “one centre, one platform”.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On delivers a speech during an official reception at Macau Tower to celebrate the 19th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) on December 20. Photo: GCS
