Hengqin agencies considering permission for Macau teachers to teach

Convenient mechanisms to allow Macau teachers to teach in Hengqin are being investigated, Carmen Maria Chung, a legal official for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (the Zone), disclosed.

Chung is the acting director of the Legal Affairs Bureau of the zone.

To explain this, she said the agencies in Hengqin are considering a more convenient process to facilitate the matter. For example, simple registration may be the only requirement for teachers to teach across the river in Hengqin.

She added that more convenient procedures could be feasible.

Nonetheless, she said by simple registration, she did not mean that teachers eligible to teach in Macau will automatically be eligible to teach in Hengqin. Criteria must be met so that they will be eligible to teach across the river.

As for medical staff, she disclosed that the bill on allowing Macau medical personnel to practice medical services in Hengqin is on Zhuhai’s legislative agenda. After the passing of the bill, Macau medical staff will be allowed to offer services in Hengqin after simple registrations.

Furthermore, the permission for Macau medical staff to practice in Hengqin requires provincial support, Chung added. AL