The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah said today the Central Government was satisfied with Macao’s achievement in the past year and had appreciated that Macao people had united “with one heart and one mind” in building the SAR. Mr Ho was on his annual duty visit in Beijing and had met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao respectively. He spoke of his meeting with the state leaders in a press briefing before ending his visit, he said the state leaders expected the Macao SAR Government to enhance its governance and hope that the whole society could united in harmony, grasp opportunities in new developments and contributed to the successful implementation of the “One Country Two System” principle in Macao by fulfilling their own duties. Mr Ho said he had briefed Premier Wen on the latest economic developments in Macao including the implementation of CEPA and the progress of the Zhuhai-Macao Cross-Boundary Industrial Park. Mr Ho said Premier Wen told him the Central Government would continue its full support of Macao’s development in all aspects and would introduce the facilitated individual travel scheme to more provinces and cities, in order the support the development of Macao’s tourism and service sector. In respond to a reporter’s question, Mr Ho said the constitutional development of Macao had not been discussed during the meetings and that the process of selecting the Chief Executive and the makeup of the Legislative Assembly in 2009 would be proposed in due course in accordance with the Basic Law after thorough public consultation. Mr Ho also expressed regrets on the recent industrial accident in Macao which resulted in two deads and four injuries. He said the MSAR would speed up the review of the relative legislations to better protect workers, especially those in high risk professions.
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