Macao SAR forms Election Committee of Legislative Assembly

The Chief Executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Monday endorsed on a government gazette approving members of a committee overseeing electoral affairs of the Legislative Assembly (LA).

The general voting of the third LA of the Macao SAR is set for September 25 this year.

According to the nomination, Fong Man Chong acts as president of the committee with four members, namely Lao Si Io, Jose Chu, Lau Ioc Ip and Ho Wai Heng.

The official gazette also sealed the maximum amount of the election budget at 4.32 million patacas (540,000 US dollars).

Jose Chu, director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau said that the bureau will stop the voter registration service on May 28. By the end of last week, some 175,000 individual voters and 739 corporate societies have registered to take part in the voting.

According to the Basic Law, in the third LA election, 12 legislators will be directly elected through the general ballot, 10 legislators are to be indirectly elected by corporate societies and another seven members will be nominated by the chief executive.