The draft of the government’s Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020) lacks a clear direction, both Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) President Chan Tak Seng and social commentator Iu Veng Ion, who is also the director of the Chinese-language weekly Joy Post, said yesterday.
Both spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a forum hosted by the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank in Iao Hon district where they were guest speakers.
Chan, a member of the government-appointed Urban Planning Council, said he was under the impression that most of the content in the draft was from previous policy addresses by the chief executive. He likened the draft to a traditional Chinese medicine formula “comprising many kinds of herbs”. “It appears that everything’s included in the five-year plan,” Chan added.
This combo-photo shows Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) President Chan Tak Seng (left) and social commentator Iu Veng Ion talking to reporters before addressing a forum hosted by the Macau Wisdom Convergence think tank in Iao Hon district yesterday. –Photo: Davis Ip
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