Macao people firmly support peaceful reunification of China – Chief Executive

The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, said today the people of Macao have always firmly supported the peaceful reunification of China. Speaking at the founding ceremony of the Macao Region China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, Mr Ho said the establishment of the Council signified Macao’s endless support for the peaceful reunification of the nation. He said the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government would give full support to the Council and contribute its efforts to the realisation of peaceful reunification. “The peaceful reunification of China is the common wish of the whole nation and its long term mission,” he said, pointing out that the establishment of the MSAR five years ago, two years after the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, was one more important step in the process. Mr Ho said Macao had maintained its own social system and way of life, and with the the support of its residents, carried out a series of innovation and overcame much odds to achieve a favourable community, fully implementing the “One Country Two Systems” and “Macao People Governing Macao” principles and realised a high degree of autonomy.