Wong Wan
The Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, yesterday confirmed that Mr Wong Wan will be leaving his post as head of the Transport Bureau (DSAT). The Secretary clarified that DSAT’s chief “resigned for personal reasons” and the government has not yet made a decision on his intended replacement.
“The aim is to fill his position as soon as possible,” a statement issued by the chief executive’s office revealed. Mr Rosário stated that several services within the public works portfolio have been facing “huge pressure from society” and a resignation request from any department chief “affects, at a certain level, the works of the department.”
“When that happens, vacancies will be filled as soon as possible,” the statement added.
The secretary was speaking on the sidelines of a spring reception for the Macau Chinese Enterprises Association. Upon being asked to comment on the sudden resignations of several department chiefs within the public works department, Mr Rosário stated that, “the public works area is currently facing great pressure from society and [these] works aren’t easy to develop.” He added that the government will remain committed to “finding competent and suitable professionals to fill these vacancies.”
However, Mr Rosário acknowledged that those who replace them will still need some time to adjust, and to get a sense of the work of each department to later “perform their duties in the best possible way.”
Yesterday, Radio Macau reported that Mr Wong Wan would be leaving his post in May. He has served as the head of DSAT since the bureau’s creation in 2008. In recent years, Mr Wong and DSAT have come under fire for failing to solve major transportation issues in Macau. Recently, the deputy director of the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT), André Ritchie, said he would also be leaving his post at the end of this month. CP
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