MACAU
ESSENTIAL FACTS
1.
AREA: 15.5 sq km
POPULATION:
1970 census:
2.
POLITICAL:
Annex A
1981 estimate:
248,636
350,000
There are between 2,000 and 3,000 Portuguese nationals living in Macau.
Constitution: The Statute of Macau of February 1976 has the
force of a Constitutional law.
Government: (January 1982)
Governor:
Commodore Vasco Almeida e Costa
Secretaries: Dr Adelino Augusto do Amaral Marques Lopes
(Administration)
Col. Eng. Joao Manuel Soares de Almeida Viana (Development)
Dr Jorge Alberto da Conceicao Hagedorn Rangel (Tourism, Education and Culture)
Dr Joao Antonio Morais da Costa Pinto (Economic Co-ordination)
Dr Jose Augusto Roque Martins (Social Welfare)
Legislative Assembly:
Seventeen members, five appointed by the Governor, six elected directly and six indirectly, serve for three years.
The Assembly elects its President from among its members, by secret vote.
President: Dr Carlos D'Assumpcao
Political Groups:
There are no political parties but a number of civic associations exist. The three represented in the Legislative Assembly are: the conservative Asociacao para a Defesa dos Interesses de Macau (ADIM), the Centro Democrático de Macau (CDM) and the Grupo Independente de Macaenses (GIMA), an independent group.
/Judicial System: