MACAU — Macau's next leader Sam Hou-fai on Sunday said his administration would support small businesses after winning a one-man race for the city's top office.
MACAU — Macau's next leader Sam Hou-fai on Sunday said his administration would support small businesses after winning a one-man race for the city's top office.Previously the city's top judge, Sam, 62, is set to be sworn in when the former Portuguese colony celebrates the 25th anniversary of its handover to China later this year.Macau is a special administrative region under China's 'one country, two systems' framework.
Lawmakers leave after voting in the Chief Executive Election at the Complex for Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries in Macau on Oct. 13, 2024. AFP PHOTOLike his predecessors, Sam ran uncontested in an election where 400 pro-establishment figures choose a leader for the city's 687,000 people.On Sunday, 398 ballots were cast — 394 for Sam, and four blank votes.'People want a capable and proactive government,' he said in the post-election press conference.
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