Grand Lotus Medal Of Honour
The Grand Lotus Medal of Honour ( pt, Medalhas de honra de Grande Lótus; ) is the highest award under the MSAR honors and awards system which recognizes lifelong and highly significant contributions to the well-being of Macau. List of recipients {, class="wikitable" !Year !Winners , - , rowspan="2" , 2001 , Ma Man Kei , - , , - , 2002 , , - , 2003 , Susana Chou , - , 2006 , , - , rowspan="2" , 2007 , Stanley Ho , - , , - , rowspan="2" , 2009 , , - , , - , 2010 , Edmund Ho , - , 2012 , , - , 2013 , Lau Cheok Va , - , rowspan="2" , 2020{{Cite news, date=2020-12-19, title=Government announces decorations and medals for 2020, work=Government of Macau, url=https://www.gcs.gov.mo/detail/en/N20LShLRjg;jsessionid=26AEABFCF8CB9D85A43B3697B55F003C.app08?0, access-date=2021-08-31 , Fernando Chui , - , Zhong Nanshan Zhong Nanshan (born 20 October 1936) is a Chinese pulmonologist. He was president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Golden Lotus Medal Of Honour
The Golden Lotus Medal of Honour ( pt, Medalha de Honra Lótus de Ouro; ) is the second-highest award under the MSAR honors and awards system which recognizes lifelong and highly significant contributions to the well-being of Macau. List of recipients {, class="wikitable" !Year !WInners , - , rowspan="3" , 2001 , Stanley Ho , - , , - , , - , rowspan="3" , 2002 , , - , Domingos Lam , - , , - , 2003 , Ng Fok , - , 2004 , Lau Cheok Va , - , 2005 , , - , 2007 , Peter Peng , - , rowspan="3" , 2009 , , - , Ho Iat-seng , - , , - , 2010 , António Ferreira , - , 2012 , , - , 2013 , Ho Lai Cheng , - , 2014 , Vítor Ng , - , rowspan="4" , 2015 , Florinda Chan , - , Francis Tam , - , Cheong Kuoc Vá , - , , - , rowspan="2" , 2016 , Cheong U , - , , - , 2017 , Choi Lai Hang , - , 2018 , Chan Meng Kam Chan Meng Kam (; born 9 November 1962 in Ludongcun, Dongshi, Jinjiang, Fujian, China) is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. Chan Meng Kam is a member of t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Decorations And Medals Of Macau
The government of Macau confers honors every year in the form of decorations, medals and honorary titles. Categories The decorations, medals and honorary titles awarded by the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of China can be divided into medals of honour, medals of merit, distinguished service medals, and honorary titles. Medals of honor Grand Lotus (; ), the highest award under the MSAR honors and awards system, recognizes lifelong and highly significant contributions to the wellbeing of Macau. The first two persons given this honor in 2001 were: * Ma Man-kei (1919–2014) – late business tycoon, former Chairman of the Macau Chamber of Commerce, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, former Vice-Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. * Tong Seng Chiu, former president of the Macao Federation of Workers' Union Golden Lotus (; ) is awarded for distinguished services to the community or who have rendered public or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Government Of Macau
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive. The affairs of the government are decided by secretaries, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. As a special administrative region of China, Macau has a high degree of autonomy, in light of the " One Country, Two Systems" policy. The Macau Government, financially independent from the Central People's Government, oversees the affairs of Macau. Head of government The chief executive is responsible for the administration of Macau. The affairs of the government are decided by secretariats, who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. The office of chief executi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ma Man-kei
Ma Man-kei (; October 1919 – May 26, 2014) was a Chinese- Macanese businessman, tycoon, entrepreneur and politician. A strong supporter of the Chinese Communist Party, Ma was a proponent of the transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China, which took place in 1999. Ma was Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's ( CPPCC) eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh sessions, beginning in 1993. Ma was born in 1919 in Nanhai County, Guangdong. He moved to Hong Kong and opened his first business during the late 1930s. He later to Macau in the 1940s and expanded his business. He aided the Chinese Communist Party during the 1950s by importing commodities from Macau and Hong Kong to mainland China. Ma served as the Vice Chairman of the committee which drafted the basic laws for the Macau Special Administrative Region and had a hand in the territory's transfer. He was also President of the Macau Chamber of Commerce for lif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Susana Chou
Susana Chou Vaz da Luz (born 2 December 1941), also known as Chou Kei-jan and Cao Qizhen, is a Macau politician who served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau from 1999 to 2009. Biography Chou's ancestral hometown is the current Yinzhou District of the city of Ningbo in China's Zhejiang Province. Chou was born in Shanghai on 2 December 1941, and is the oldest daughter of Chao Kuang Piu, who was an industrial tycoon in Shanghai. While her father moved in Hong Kong after 1949, Chou remained in China until 1968 when she moved to Macau. Chou studied physics and majored in radio technology at the Anhui University. Chou also studied French language and literature in Paris. Politics In 1976, Chou participated in Portuguese Macau's first direct election of the Legislative Assembly, and was successful in the election. From 1984 to 1999, she served in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth sessions of Portuguese Macau's Legislative Assembly. After the transfer of sove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong-Macau billionaire businessman. His original patrilineal surname was Bosman, which was later sinicized to 何 (Ho). He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa. Ho was nicknamed variously ''Godfather'' and ''King of Gambling'', reflecting the government-granted monopoly he held on the Macau gambling industry for 40 years. His wealth was divided among his daughter, Pansy Ho ($5.3 billion) who owns MGM Macau, fourth wife Angela Leong ($4.1 billion) who is managing director of SJM Holdings, and son Lawrence Ho ($2.6 billion) who owns City of Dreams. Ho was the founder and chairman of Shun Tak Holdings, through which he owned many businesses including entertainment, tourism, shipping, real estate, banking, and air transport. It is estimated that his businesses employ almost one-fourth of the workforce of Macau. Apart from Hong K ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edmund Ho
Edmund Ho Hau-wah, GOIH, GML, GCM (born 13 March 1955) is a Macau politician who served as the first Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region from 1999 to 2009. He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Former Macao SAR chief executive elected vice chairman of CPPCC National Committee ''People's Daily'' Edmund Ho was made Chief Executive-elect on 15 May 1999 by the Selection Committee for the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR. He was appointed Chief Executive-designate on 20 May of the same year by the Premier of the State Council, , and was formally sworn in a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jornal Tribuna De Macau
The ''Jornal Tribuna de Macau'' () is one of three Portuguese-language newspapers in Macau. It is published seven days a week, appearing in the morning, and covers both local and international news. José Rocha Diniz is its director. The ''Jornal Tribuna'', or JTM, was created with the merger of the ''Jornal de Macau'' and the ''Tribuna de Macau'', two of the region's oldest Portuguese-language newspapers, both of which emerged in the 1980s. The JTM is affiliated with the Portuguese newspaper ''Diário de Notícias ''Diário de Notícias'' () is a Portuguese daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal. History and profile ''Diário de Notícias'' was first published in ...'', and says in its mission statement that its aim is to encourage the use of Portuguese and help Macau maintain ties with Portugal and the rest of the Portuguese-speaking world. References External links * {{DE ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lau Cheok-vá
Lau Cheok-vá () is a Macanese politician, serving as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. He is also currently serving as Deputy to the 11th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Vice-President of Macao Federation of Trade Unions and President of Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission. Previously he served as Vice-President of the Legislative Assembly from 1999 until 2009. Election results See also * Court of Final Appeal (Macau) * Politics of Macau Politics of Macau is a framework of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system, dominated by the China, People's Republic of China. It includes the Legislative Assembly of Macau, legislature, the Judiciary of Macau, judiciary, the ... References Living people Macau judges Members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau 1945 births Jinan University alumni {{Asia-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fernando Chui
Fernando Chui Sai-on (; born 13 January 1957) is a Macau politician who served as the 2nd Chief Executive of Macau from 2009 to 2019. He served as Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs from 1999 to 2009. Chui was born in 1957 to local construction tycoon Chui Tak-seng and Chan Keng-fan, the second son after Chui Sai-cheong. His wife is a niece of the late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung. Education In Macau, Chui attended Lingnan High School and then finished high school at Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu before pursuing his post-secondary education. Chui obtained his university training in the United States where he obtained his various degrees: * Bachelor's degree in City Hygiene Administration from California State University, Sacramento * PhD in Public Health at the University of Oklahoma * Registered member of the American Association of Public Hygiene * Registered member of the American Association for the Management of Medical Affairs He was guest profe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhong Nanshan
Zhong Nanshan (born 20 October 1936) is a Chinese pulmonologist. He was president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Thoracic Disease''. He is a recipient of Medal of the Republic, the highest honour of China. Zhong earned international fame for managing the SARS outbreak and was renowned for refuting the official line which downplayed the severity of the crisis. He was voted one of China's top 10 scientists in 2010. During the COVID-19 pandemic which was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, Zhong was a leading advisor in managing the crisis, suggesting evidence-based control measures to contain the disease and sharing the successful treatment plan with the international community. He was named by ''Time'' as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. Early life and education Zhong was born on 20 October 1936 at the Central Hospital in Nanjing, though his family was from Fujian p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |