A total of 17 groups protested yesterday with the aim of putting pressure on the public Macau Foundation (FM) to withdraw its controversial decision to donate 100 million yuan (123 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou.
The 17 grassroots groups comprised two ad-hoc alliances. A 15-group alliance included People Power, Workers’ Self-Help Union, Love Macau, New Macau Gaming Workers’ Rights Union, Caring for Macau and Macau Gaming Industry Frontline Workers (FMG). The other alliance was formed by the long-established New Macau Association (NMA) and relatively new Macau Youth Dynamics.
The two ad-hoc alliances separately began their protests from Vasco da Gama Garden at around 3 p.m., with the 15-group alliance headed to Government Headquarters where the groups’ representatives handed their petitions addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On to an official, while the second headed towards the Legislative Assembly (AL).
The 17 groups formed by two ad hoc alliances gather in Vasco da Gama Garden yesterday afternoon before their separate protest marches to Government Headquarters and the Legislative Assembly respectively. – Photos: Iong Tat Choi
New Macau Association’s (NMA) board member Sulu Sou Ka Hou (centre), along with the group’s members, launch their paper planes into Chui’s residence on Penha Hill yesterday. Photos: Iong Tat Choi
Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Tak Fai speaks to reporters during an open-air press conference in Rua Comendador Kou Ho Neng shortly after yesterday’s protest.
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