The Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng is on an official five-day visit to Portugal from today until April 22, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced.
Ho is leading a government delegation as well as a Macau entrepreneur delegation on the visit that will extend, on the return trip, to Luxembourg and Brussels (Belgium), before returning to Macau on April 27.
In the same statement, GCS noted the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government “looks forward to strengthening ties with those countries in terms of economic and trade issues, cooperation in tourism, education and cultural affairs; as well as bolstering promotion of Macau in Europe.”
While in the Portuguese capital city – Lisbon – the CE will meet the president of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa; the Prime Minister, António Costa; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Cravinho.
After the Lisbon leg of the trip, the Macau entrepreneur delegation will travel to Porto, led by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, where they will visit several local enterprises to bolster bilateral ties in economic and trade matters.
On the trip to Luxembourg, the MSAR government delegation will meet the country’s Prime Minister and Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, who is also Minister for Communications and Media, Minister for Religious Affairs, Minister for Digitalization and Minister for Administrative Reform.
On the final stop of the 10-day European tour, Ho will visit the European Union (EU) headquarters in Brussels where he will meet some undisclosed EU officials.
While in Brussels, the Macau delegation will also meet Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Employment, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, as well as the Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort.
During the CE’s absence, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, André Cheong, will be Acting Chief Executive.
As the Times has previously reported, the Macau government delegation will only include two of the government secretaries, namely Lei and the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário. The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong, has a separate visit planned next month that will include Portugal and Geneva (Switzerland).
Local businesspeople
received by several
Ministers in Lisbon
Members of the delegation of businesspeople currently in the Portuguese capital city – Lisbon – to promote Macau and find business opportunities and cooperation with local companies, have been received by several Portuguese Ministers, TDM Radio has reported.
Among those, Ambrose So, director-general of the Clean Energy Forum reportedly met yesterday with the Portuguese Minister for Environment and Climate Action, Duarte Cordeiro.
The same source also reported the executive director of SJM Holdings, Daisy Ho, will meet the Portuguese Minister of Culture, Pedro Adão e Silva, at the end of this week.
