The Chief Executive of the Macao Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, who has entered the countdown period, will make a final summary of the policy
After full discussion with the next Chief Executive, He Yicheng, a consensus will be reached. Next year, various tax reductions and assistance measures will be continued, including the continued distribution of per capita to permanent residents. 10,000 yuan (Macau. The same below) cash sharing, continue to implement car discounts, residential electricity subsidies, medical vouchers and implementation of existing assistance measures for vulnerable groups, and reduce the resident tax and other tax incentives such as 30%. In addition, the current government will reopen the application for a new phase of 3,000 economic housing units at the end of November, and the light rail Taipa section will also be put into operation.
Cui Shi’an’s term of office will expire on December 19 this year. The “Policy Report” for the fiscal year 2020 will be made by the next government. Chui Sai On will go to the Legislative Council to summarize the governance in the fiscal year 2019, but to ensure the stability of the SAR and the government. With normal operation, Chui Sai On and He Yicheng reached a consensus on the budget arrangement. The current government will formulate the budget for the next year in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Macao Basic Law and the Budget Outline Law.
30% reduction in occupational tax, 60% tax rebate
Next year, the government will continue to implement this year’s tax and fee reduction measures, including continuing to reduce the occupational tax of residents by 30%, the tax allowance is 144,000 yuan, and the allowance for elderly or disabled employees is 198,000 yuan; in 2021, the tax paid in 2019 will be refunded. 60%, the tax refund ceiling is 14,000 yuan; all business tax, hawker license fee, market stall rent, fresh food quarantine fee, etc. are exempted; Macao residents are exempt from the first 3,500 yuan tax on housing tax, and lower the rental tax rate to 8 %; the taxable annual income exemption for the supplementary tax is maintained at 600,000 yuan, etc. It is expected that the government will receive less than 3.42 billion yuan in tax revenue.
A number of continuing benefits include senior citizens, students, universal fare concessions; residential electricity subsidies; assistance to vulnerable groups; subsidies to eligible social housing tenants and families on the waiting list; medical voucher scheme. To open a CPF personal account for eligible Macao residents and inject 10,000 yuan into the start-up fund, and propose to continue to inject a budget surplus into the resident’s CPF personal account to allocate 7,000 yuan. Permanent residents receive 10,000 yuan in cash sharing, and non-permanent residents reserve 6,000 yuan per person to reserve financial allocations.
The Government proposes to raise the civil service salary point to $91 per share in January next year. The relevant bill will be submitted to the Legislative Council for consideration. The draft budget law for the fiscal year 2020 will be submitted and explained to the Legislative Council by the Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs later.
10 years of administration is most satisfied with the implementation of education
When Chui Sai-an retired, at the press conference of the 10-year policy work summary, he was asked if his political career would be further improved. He responded that there is no next message, and mentioned that he began to return to work in 1984, for the government. After nearly 20 years of service, he has strictly adhered to the legal requirements of the outgoing Chief Executive after leaving office. He also hopes to have some leisure life and be able to take a break for a while.
When asked about the evaluation of the 10 years of governance work, Chui Sai On said that in addition to the public, I believe that history will also give him and his team an evaluation, frankly difficult to self-scoring. On the whole, he and his team really work hard and absorb a lot of valuable experience. Of course, there are places that are not well done, such as public housing, medical care, light rail connection to the Macau section, etc., I hope that the future can be completed and catch up.
Cui Shi’an described the ten-year work as being more satisfactory in implementing education in Macao, and the super typhoon that has not been encountered for decades is the most difficult time for him. He also said that he did not regret the withdrawal of the “high official separation bill” and the “60 billion fund bill” for his domestic demand. He also said that the reason for withdrawing the bill was that he did not want to tear the society because the voices of criticism and approval at that time were Exist, think that it is not a good time to implement, so withdraw the proposal.
He described the 10 years of administration as allowing him to absorb the experience of listening to the views of the public. When the general public may not fully understand or have different opinions, as a responsible government, it is necessary to listen to the views of the public, understand the government’s administration, and objectively respect and listen to the public opinion.