China Data Supplement February 2007

42 February 2007
training, had served as vice-mayor since 1998. He has held several
other government and party positions. (SCMP, 28 Feb 07)
Macau
China's State Council decided on 14 February to appoint Lau Sio Io
[Liu Shiyao] as Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the
Macau Special Administrative Region. The decision was made in
accordance with the Basic Law of Macao and based on the
nomination and recommendation by Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Macau's
chief executive. (XNA, 16 Feb 07)
The Central Government has appointed Lao Si Io (劉仕堯) to
become the new Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the
Macau Special Administrative Region. Lao, 52, was born in Macau
and graduated with a civil engineering degree from Calgary
University in Canada. He entered the Macau Government in 1984,
working for the former Municipal Council of Macau in the areas of
cleaning and environment protection. He was appointed Director of
the Municipal Services in January 1999, responsible for all municipal
matters in the City of Macau under the command of the Executive
Committee of the Municipal Council. He was further promoted to
become Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the
Provisional Municipal Council of Macau, and was made President of
the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau when it replaced the
municipal organs in 2002. Lao was also a member of the 2nd and
3rd Legislative Assembly Electoral Commission, and the Assembly
of the Environment Council. Lao replaced Ao Man Long (歐文龍)
who was exonerated by the Central Government in December 2006
for serious corruption. (www.blogmacau.info, 16 Feb 07, accessed
26 Feb 07)
The State Council of the People's Republic of China has accepted
the Chief Executive Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah's nomination of Mr
Lau Sio Io as the new Secretary for Transport and Public Works of
the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). Mr Ho expressed
his gratitude to the Central Government's trust and support, and
extended his warmest regards and congratulations to Mr Lau.
According to the MSAR Basic Law, the Secretary for Transport and
Public Works is a principal official. The Chief Executive has to
appoint a nominee who has Chinese nationality and is a permanent
resident of Macau. The Chief Executive also has to send his
nomination to the Central Government for approval. Mr Ho said that
Mr Lau, who has rich experience in administration, was the most
suitable candidate for the post of Secretary for Transport and Public
Works. He was also confident Mr Lau to be honest and clean in
performing his official duties. As a result of the appointment, Mr Lau
has stepped down from his position of President of the Civic and
Municipal Affairs Bureau. Mr Lau Sio Io, 51, is an engineering
graduate of the University of Calgary in Canada. After working in the
private sector for three years, he joined the civil service, starting with
the Leal Senado in October 1984. He held various positions
including assistant technician, chief of sector, chief of division in the
Public Works Department, chief of the Hygiene and Cleansing
Department, vice-president and president of the Leal Senado. After
the establishment of the MSAR, he became vice-president of the
executive board of the Provisional Municipal Council of Macau. The
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau was established in January 2002
and Mr Lau was sworn in as the President of the administration
committee. Mr Lau had attended a number of training courses for
civil servants, in Macau, the Mainland and Portugal.
(www.gcs.gov.mo, 16 Feb 07, accessed 26 Feb 07)