Chief Executive-elect Ho Iat Seng won’t have time to enjoy a political “honeymoon” and he needs to solve the city’s problems immediately after he takes office on December 20, Chan Ka Leong, vice chairman of the Collective Wisdom Policy Centre, a think tank run by the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau (Kai Fong), said yesterday.
Chan made the comments before a forum held by the association on the 17th floor of the Macao Daily News Building, where they invited Chan and lawmaker Ho Ion Sang to discuss their expectation of Ho Iat Seng.Ho Ion Sang praised Ho Iat Seng’s two-week-long election campaign, pointing out that Macau’s future chief executive visited residents and invited different associations to meet him in his campaign office, where he did not shy away from responding to the many problems raised by citizens.
The lawmaker pointed out that Ho Iat Seng’s campaign platform is slightly different to those of his predecessors, as Ho Iat Seng has listed public administration reform as the top priority of his platform. According to Ho Ion Sang, the Chief Executive-elect’s approach is more conducive to solving Macau’s existing problems, such as housing, people’s livelihoods, the economy, and public transport.
Ho Ion Sang explained that since these problems involve various contradictions, citizens have different expectations about Ho Iat Seng solving their problems, suggesting that Ho Iat Seng should come up with an overall blueprint as soon as possible, in order to ease residents’ grievances.
Chan Ka Leong, vice-chairman of the Collective Wisdom Policy Centre (left) think tank and lawmaker Ho Ion Sang (centre), discuss their expectations about Chief Executive-elect Ho Iat Seng during a forum held yesterday on the 17th floor of the Macao Daily News Building, as the centre’s vice-chairwoman Cheong Sok Leng looks on. Photo: Dorothy Vong
