The non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA) petitioned the government yesterday afternoon, urging it to withdraw its controversial bill on the setting-up of the Macau Special Administrative Region Investment and Development Fund.
Several NMA members handed in the petition to an official outside Government Headquarters. They did so a few hours before the government announced the bill’s withdrawal from tomorrow’s plenary session’s agenda.
Lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a vice-president of the association, told reporters after handing in the petition that the public lacked information on the fund due to the government’s “low” transparency, adding there was a rumour that either Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On or Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac would head the fund company.
New Macau Association (NMA) Vice President-cum-lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou (third from left), accompanied by fellow members of his group, hands their petition to an official outside Government Headquarters (right) yesterday, calling for the government’s controversial bill on the setting-up of a sovereign wealth fund to be withdrawn. Photo: Rachel Lei
