SHF critical of Macau’s bureaucratism and red tape
Abr25 BOnny Lo Fourth, what distinguishes Sam Hou Fai’s maiden policy address from any other policy address delivered by his predecessors in Macau, ranging from Edmund Ho to Fernando Chui to Ho Iat Seng, is that he is tackling the lack of strong leadership and forceful coordination in the Macau bureaucracy. Unlike all his predecessors, Sam Hou Fai has remained quite openly critical of Macau’s bureaucratism and red tape, pointing to the lack of intergovernmental coordination. As such, he set up six leading and coordination committees: (1) the public administrative reform leading group chaired by the Chief Executive; (2) the leading group of promoting the construction of the In-Depth Cooperation Zone chaired by himself; (3) the coordination group on public administrative reform chaired by the Secretary for Administration and Legal Affairs; (4) the coordination work group on legal reforms chaired by the Secretary for Administration and Legal Affairs; (5) the working group on urban im...