CE met with ATFPM to hear civil servants’ demands

The Chief Executive (CE), Chui Sai On, met with a group of representatives of Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) this week to discuss issues related to civil servants.
In the meeting held at the government’s headquarters, the CE and the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, heard from the president of the association, Pereira Coutinho, several demands. These included an increase of public servants’ salaries by 4 percent, the continuation of the Wealth Partaking Scheme, an update on the retirement allowances and subsidies as well as the reserve of land for the construction of public housing for civil servants.
According to a statement from the office of the Chief Executive, the CE has promised to reflect on the proposed suggestions but has maintained that all these measures need to be “in compliance with the law and judicial decisions,” highlighting that the need to update the salaries of the civil servants is under constant analysis from the Civil Service Pay Review Committee and that the government has always respected their suggestions.
The CE also recalled that the issue of land reserved for public housing was already addressed by several government members and will be targeted as a priority topic.
On the sidelines of this meeting, Coutinho said that the annual cash handout amount “should be of MOP12,000 for permanent residents and MOP6,000 for non-­permanent residents for the next year,” which would mean an increase of 25 percent for permanent residents and 10 percent for non-­permanent residents.
The lawmakers also took the opportunity to urge private entities to increase their employees’ salaries. RM