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BACKGROUND FOR AN UNDER SECRETARY OF CULTURE.
5. JOAO RAMOS' JOB AS UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRANSITIONAL AFFAIRS
HAS VANISHED. HE TOLD DIPLOMATIC ADVISER FONSECA THAT HIS JOB WOULD REVERT, IN ITS DIFFERENT PARTS, TOP THOSE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE IT. FONSECA BELIEVES RAMOS MAY REPLACE CATARINHO
AS HEAD OF THE JLG.
6. THE NEW UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS (TRANSPORT IS NO
LONGER SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE PORTFOLIO) IS JOSE MANUEL
MACHADO. HE HAS THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF SORTING OUT THE VARIOUS MACAU PROJECTS. THERE IS THE PRAYA GRANDE RECLAMATION CUNPOPULAR WITH ZHUHAI SEZ BECAUSE IT HELD UP ANOTHER RECLAMATION THEY ARE FINANCING), THE PROPOSED MONORAIL SYSTEM (WHOSE NEED HAS BEEN PUBLICLY QUESTION BY THE NCNA), THE NEW PIER (COMPLICATED BY THE PROPOSED AIRPORT-ZHUHAI ROAD) AND MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL, THE NEW AIRPORT (NOW WITHOUT A CHAIRMAN).
7. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF MACAU, GENERAL VIEIRA, WILL ARRIVE TO TAKE UP HIS POST ON 10 MAY. CONSULS GENERAL HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
ATTEND. IN MY ABSENCE ON HOME LEAVE RICHARD GRAHAM WILL REPRESENT ME, AND SHOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME OF THE NEW HEADS OF DEPARTMENT.
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