Seven appointments complete Macao legislature

MACAO－Ho Iat-seng, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, has appointed seven members to its seventh Legislative Assembly, the SAR Official Gazette said on Thursday.

It said that in accordance with Macao's Basic Law and the regulation on the election for Macao's legislature, Ho appointed Ma Chi-seng, Iau Teng-pio, Pang Chuan, Wu Choukit, Kou Kam-fai, Chan Hou-seng, and Cheung Kin-chung as legislators.

The election was held on Sept 12, with 14 candidates winning directly elected seats and 12 winning indirectly elected seats. Over 100,000 voters cast ballots to exercise their civic duty, the SAR government said.

The Court of Final Appeal of the Macao Special Administrative Region confirmed the results of the Legislative Assembly direct and indirect elections on Tuesday.

The appointments by Ho take the total number of legislators to the full complement of 33.

The legislature will begin its four-year term of office next month.