Macao's electoral authority confirms Sam Hou Fai as chief executive election candidate

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Macao's electoral authority confirms Sam Hou Fai as chief executive election candidate

2024-09-21 16:19 Last Updated At：21:57

Macao's Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election issued a notice on Friday confirming Sam Hou Fai as the accepted candidate for the chief executive election.

The commission noted on Wednesday that it had completed an eligibility review of the only application received for becoming a candidate and published a list featuring the candidate as well as members of the Chief Executive Election Committee who nominated him.

As no objection was received within one day of announcing the eligibility, the commission announced the final list of the accepted candidate for the election.

The election is due to be held on Oct 13.

Born in Zhongshan of south China's Guangdong Province in 1962, Sam joined the first group of judicial auditors of Macao in 1995, according to information on the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government's website. On Dec 20, 1999, he was appointed president of Macao's Court of Final Appeal.

Symposium on deepening Beijing-Hong Kong economic cooperation concludes

2024-09-21 21:12 Last Updated At：21:37

The two-day 27th Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Symposium concluded in the Chinese capital on Saturday.

The annual symposium saw the signing of 40 project contracts with a combined value of more than 60 billion yuan (about 8.5 billion U.S. dollars), covering 12 key fields such as sci-tech services, finance, biotechnology, smart manufacturing, culture and tourism.

During this year's symposium, an "Invest in Hong Kong"-themed promotion event was held for the first time, with keynote speeches and highlighted programs focusing on Hong Kong's unique advantages, business environment, and measures to facilitate cooperation between enterprises of the Chinese capital and the global financial hub.

As of July, Beijing had had 14,186 Hong Kong-invested companies, which altogether accounted for 65.7 percent of inbound investment in the capital city. Meanwhile, Beijing's foreign direct investment in Hong Kong amounted to 54.58 billion U.S. dollars, or 50 percent of its total outbound direct investment.