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ymous with uncontrolled expenditures?
Aren’t there entities who should recon- Finance bureau chief sacked
sider their expenditures to better answer
Macau’s director of the Financial Services
the needs of the population rather than Bureau Orieta lau Ioc Ip has been dismissed
just hand out sweet treats?’’ asked demo- following a commission of audit report on
crat Paul Chan Wai Chi.
the spending of the commission for Motor
José Pereira Coutinho recalled the
Vehicles Evaluation, which she chaired. lau
last audit report of the Education and
is the first senior official to be axed by Chief
Youth Services Bureau to stress that the
Executive Fernando chui Sai-on. She had
“population is worried with the acquisi-
earlier been suspended from her job due to
the scandal. lau was sacked on February
tion of luxury items” and Au Kam San
4 for “damaging the prestige of the public
said the whole situation merited close at-
administration” and the public’s confidence
tention by the audit commissioner.
placed in her, according to an order signed by
Ho Veng On guaranteed it has: “Due Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis
to economic development and changes to Tam Pak-yuen. The audit report, released in
the social fabric, some services required
September 2009, accused the commission
more resources. The decision of how the
for Motor Vehicles Evaluation of having
money is spent is not the report’s main
abused the attendance fee regime by calling
concern. The key is to determine if the
for an “excessive” number of “unreasonable”
public services applied the law,’’ the au-
meetings of the Motor Vehicle Valuation
committee, pocketing an estimated MOP4.29 million in extra pay between 2006 and
ditor said.
last year. according to the audit report, MOP3.4 million could have been saved if
Nominated legislator, Gabriel
the number of meetings had been “reasonable”. allegedly also involved in the case
Tong Io Cheng, defended once more
are carlos Ávila, former director of the Financial Services Bureau, and João Janela,
the relationship between publishing advisor to the Secretary of Economy and Finance at the Financial Services Bureau.
the results of the audit reports and the Meanwhile, the commissioner against corruption, Vasco Fong Man chong, said
presumption of innocence principle
he will not intervene in the case for now since lau is appealing the decision. There
and, again, the government asked to
has been no announcement of a successor, and former deputy director Vitória alice
answer another day.
Maria conceição has been named as acting director.
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