Administration reshuffle | ExCo gives green light to IACM’s new function

A bus passes in front of IACM’s headquarters at Senado Square

The Executive Council (ExCo) has concluded discussions on the ongoing restructuring and reshuffling of Macau’s Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), which will take on a new function: to coordinate ‘one-stop’ services allowing the department to handle requirements and procedures of other public services.
Under the terms of the plans, some of IACM’s duties and functions will be reassigned to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Sports Development Board (ID). Two hundred IACM employees will then work under IC or ID. The IC will manage 10 IACM facilities, while 20 will be managed by the ID.
The ExCo has analyzed a bill introducing amendments to IACM’s by-laws, which will soon be tabled at the Legislative Assembly (AL). It provides IACM with a new function, while revoking the bureau’s duty to promote and implement cultural, recreational and sports policies. The latter will be performed by the ID and the IC when the bill takes effect.
The deputy director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP), Kou Peng Kuan, told a press conference on Friday that they hope IACM will coordinate and promote a mechanism for planning developments among the interdepartmental public services.
Under specific protocols with other public departments, IACM will handle citizens’ requirements and procedures in the name of other public entities. It is intended to ease bureaucratic procedures, allowing for the development of the “one-stop” services.
Regarding staff transfers, IACM’s president Alex Vong said the 200 staff members’ duties will not change. They will perform the same tasks under the authority of either IC or ID.
Mr Kou added that duties performed by the 200 IACM employees will not overlap after the transfer to the new services.
“Our task group held meetings with personnel and we have taken into consideration the staff’s concerns. The [reshuffling] plan focuses on the restructuring and transferring of duties, functions, and personnel. Therefore, employees will remain at their services but will be working under IC and ID,” he clarified.
ExCo spokesperson Leong Heng Teng promised that reshuffle preparation works
are currently underway, in order to ensure a smooth transition process.