Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai (pictured) recently visited the Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, during which he called for concerted steps to advance reforms, while also taking bold steps to innovate in terms of policies for the zone.
Sam made the remarks in a meeting with the Cooperation Zone’s Administrative Committee and its Executive Committee, according to Macau’s Government Information Bureau (GCS).
During the visit, the chief executive also inspected the Macao New Neighbourhood (MNN) along with the MNN’s 24-hour self-service centre for Macau government affairs, health station and Hengqin School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School – to get detailed understanding of the MNN’s living conditions residential environment as well as the extension to Hengqin of Macau’s governmental services, community healthcare and educational services.
Sam also went to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park of Cooperation between Guangdong and Macau, where he visited the exhibition centre of the Chinese medicine science and creativity museum as well as met representatives of enterprises based at the park, while also learning more about the park’s overall planning and operational development.
Meanwhile, Macau’s chief executive also stressed the need to strengthen the training of civil servants so they could have a deep understanding of the regulations in both jurisdictions.
Sam’s visit to the Cooperation Zone was accompanied by Secretary for Administration and Justice Cheong Weng Chon, Secretary for Economy and Finance Tai Kin Ip and Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau Director Cheong Chok Man.
Source and Photo: GCS

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