Administrative revamp to be concluded within the year

The Sport Development Board (ID) president José Tavares revealed that the restructuring of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) in relation to its management of sport facilities has entered the final stage, and the bureau will hand over the facilities to ID as soon as the relevant legislation is passed. “[The handover] has to wait until the IACM Statute is sent to the Legislative Assembly. The handover can start as soon as it is passed,” he said. The president also said that the ID staff had sufficient communication with IACM, and that there will be no issues in the handover process. The restructuring involves the transferring of the bureau’s sports and cultural sectors to the ID and the Cultural Affairs Bureau respectively. Around 300 IACM employees will also be transferred to the two bureaus. After the handover, ID will oversee the management and maintenance for sporting facilities and recreational activities that were previously under the watch of IACM.