CE grateful to Macau citizens and civil servants

Chui Sai On, shakes hands with a fireman

In two open letters printed in Macau newspapers yesterday, Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On thanked all citizens, and civil servants in particular, for the help, solidarity and mutual aid as well as their contribution toward the search and rescue activities.

Speaking on behalf of the entire Macau Special Administrative Region government, the CE acknowledged all citizens noting that the government is both, “proud and moved” by the generosity and good spirit of everyone that has contributed to the successful work of frontline staff.

In the same letters he also acknowledged the help provided by “the departments in the mainland, provinces and sisters cities,” as well as, “the Macau garrison of the People’s Liberation Army.”

Summarizing the current situation, the CE noted that water and electricity supplies as well as traffic have been normalized and that the post-catastrophe recovery works are being conducted in an orderly manner.

Chui said that the government concedes that there is “great room for improvement and that the government needs to do a global review of the response mechanisms to catastrophe situations.”

The communication ends by reaffirming the commitment of the MSAR government to “develop in the best way possible all the rescue and repair works that will result from the calamity, as well as do an evaluation of this incident that will include the disclosure of weather information, the alert system and awareness campaigns over security, in order to perfect the catastrophe prevention and rescue mechanism accordingly to the expectations of citizens.”

To the civil servants, Chui offered additional gratitude and encouraged their work, together with the request for them to, “keep assertive and dedicated at their posts, serving the population and contributing to the on-time [resolution] of citizens’ difficulties.” He thanked them and their families for their tenacious work.  RM