politics 19
Time to listen and learn
as Macau prepares to face its biggest political crunch in the 10 years since
the handover, some observers wonder how much difference a new government
can really make. Respected academic Eilo Yu tells Macau Business that political
reform must be on the agenda for the new boss
by Paula Campos
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FTER a decade at the helm, Chief going to take the lead in the next years. reform at the top of the agenda. If this is
Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah For Eilo Yu, of the University of Macau’s not the case, Eilo Yu predicts: “The next
leaves office, later this year, and, Government and Public Administration government will be in trouble.”
as Macau prepares to elect a new leader Department, neighbouring Hong Kong
and a new Legislative Assembly, the will also influence the course of events a policy of patronage
business of politics is getting serious. here.
There is a clamour for much needed “We won’t have much political de- Political reform and public partici-
social reform in sectors like health, edu- velopment this year but perhaps next pation are of the utmost importance for
cation and public administration, not to year, when the democrats in Hong Kong the professor and these concepts are a
mention the economy. have a discussion about political reform, constant theme in his criticism of the
The global downturn has been send- then our next chief executive will feel government´s lack of a long term strategy
ing shockwaves through the gaming pressured to talk about political reform for Macau.
dependant territory and it seems obvi- too,” says Yu. Yu believes that over the past ten
ous that new sources of income must As he sees it, the election of the years the executive has been reluctant to
be sought. 4th Legislative Assembly on September talk about political reform, relying solely,
So, whatever changes take place in 20 and that of the new chief executive, as he calls it, on a policy of “patronage”
political, social and economic terms in later in the year, should give Macau a to avoid public confrontation.
Macau, depends of course, on who is new government with political and social In other words, giving out a number
april 2009
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