Macao to start 'spokesperson system' this month
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A new spokesperson system proposed by Chief Executive (CE) of Macao Special Administrative Region ( SAR) was expected to be implemented within this month, the local Macao Post Daily reported on Thursday.
The newspaper quoted the CE's chief-of-cabinet Alexis Tam Chon Weng as saying the Executive Council, which advises and assists CE, has completed discussing the regulatory framework for the spokesperson system, and the details would be officially announced "in two days time".
Making remarks on the margins of a Chinese New Year reception hosted by the Central Government Liaison Office on Wednesday, Tam give his assurance that the spokesperson would not act as a " shield" to protect the government against media.
"The spokesperson will speak on behalf of CE at appropriate times. It'll definitely not be a shield," Tam stressed, adding " The system will help media acquire information at an appropriate time, as quickly as possible."
Informed sources have told Macao Post Daily that Tam will be the chief spokesman and that each of the government's five policy secretaries will have his or her own spokesperson.
However, Tam declined to confirm who would be the chief spokesman or how many there would be.
