In the absence of rival competition, He Yicheng, the former chairman of the Macao Legislative Council, won 392 votes from 400 election committees yesterday
The “high ticket” was elected as the fifth Macau chief executive. After He Houzhen and Chui Sai’an, he became the third chief executive of Macau. The highest rate of votes ever. After his election, he said that Macao will continue to send money, but will not follow the “grading” approach in Hong Kong and avoid spending a lot of administrative fees.
He has repeatedly indicated that he did not run for the post of chief executive. He suddenly changed his mind in June this year and then resigned as chairman of the Legislative Council and deputy to the National People’s Congress. Yesterday’s vote lasted about 20 minutes. One of the 400 members of the election committee was late to vote. There were 7 white tickets. He Yicheng finally won 392 votes and was elected as the fifth chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region with 98% of the votes. In addition to the two candidates in the first session, there will be only one candidate for each Macau Superintendent election.
Talking about the anti-reforms in Hong Kong, “the end will stop”
He Yicheng held a press conference after his election. Regarding the anti-reforms in Hong Kong in recent months, he said: “The storm will stop and the big typhoon will pass.” He also said that the Macau tourism industry is also affected by the situation in Hong Kong. He took office. After that, we will take care of domestic demand first, and continue to cooperate with the development of Dawan District. We will cooperate with the remaining 9 mainland cities and will not slow down the plan due to one city. Regarding the policy of sending money to Macao every year, he used the example of “neighborhood” in Hong Kong. He pointed out that the administrative fee for sending money from different levels may be more than the amount of money sent, so it will not change the current practice.
Yu Yongyi, an associate professor of the Department of Government and Administration of the University of Macau, pointed out that He Yicheng’s political platform is not much different from the previous chief executive. The problem lies in how to implement it. He said that housing and transportation are the two major livelihood issues in Macao. Macao people have more demand for housing. They have different rigid needs in Hong Kong. At present, the planned land in Macao can provide 40,000 to 50,000 units, but Depending on how it is distributed. He added that the Macao people are also concerned about the government’s cronyism and lack of policy advice. The congratulations on the political platform mentioned that it will improve governance and make local people expect him to do so.
Australian senator hopes to improve the biased business community
Jin Xin, a member of the Macao Legislative Council, said that any person who has served as the chief executive has little influence on the development of Macao. However, unlike the two heads of business who are also from the business community, He Yicheng is relatively independent. In terms of optimism, the policy is biased towards the business sector. . He said that in promoting the democratic political system, He Yicheng always said that it was decided by the central government, but Fang Jinxin said that the public’s appeal for democracy is not great, and the new government is even less stressful.