Briefs | Edmund Ho re-elected vice-chairman

Former Macau Chief Executive, Edmund Ho, was re-elected as vice-chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on Wednesday. A total of 24 people were elected vice-chairpersons at a plenary meeting. Born in March 1955, Ho was vice-chairman of the 11th and 12th CPPCC national committees. Four other Macau members – Liu Chak Wan, Ma Iao Lai, Leong Wa, and Xu Jiankang – were elected for the Standing Committee of the top advisory body.

Over 100 Macau postcards exhibited in Lisbon

The exhibition “Memories of Moments – Macau and Lusophone African and Asian Regions in Photograph Postcards”, organized by the Archives of Macau, was recently inaugurated at the Office of Economic and Commercial Delegation of Macau in Lisbon. The exhibition features over 100 photograph postcards selected from this particular period to present a big picture of the history and art, urban-architecture, ethnography, economic development, natural environment and other aspects of life in Macau and Angola, Cape Verde, the former Portuguese India, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Principe and East Timor since the first decades of the 20th century.

Chan Meng Kam not running for CE

The city’s former lawmaker Chan Meng Kam said that he has no intention of running in the next chief executive (CE) election, according to a report by Macao Daily News. The election for the next CE will be carried out next year. Chan Meng Kam, while attending the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress said that he “will not consider” running for the position. In Chan’s opinion, the most important characteristic of a CE is having a ‘world vision’. Chan mentioned that he is now a volunteer in Macau.

IACM head says transfer will cause no harm to civil rights

The President of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), José Tavares, indicated that the rights of demonstration of Macau residents will not be affected by the transfer of the authorization process from IACM to the Public Security Police Force. José Tavares noted that “it is a matter of notification. [It is about] whether it [the notification] is handed to us [IACM] or to the police. I think there is no big problem, maybe [you] misunderstood this aspect.” He believes that the police force will still approve demonstrations that occur within the law.

Student blackmailed for MOP2,000 to retrieve phone

The Public Security Police Force has forwarded a 38-year-old mainland man to the prosecution authority after he blackmailed a 20-year-old student from the Macau University of Science and Technology. On Monday, the student lost his phone, which is worth MOP8,000, on a bus. At a later point the suspect picked it up and kept it in his possession. Instead of reporting the case to the police or simply returning the phone to the owner, the mainland man, who holds a blue card, asked the owner to give him MOP2,000 for the safe return of the phone.