Fernando Chui Sai-on (; born 13 January 1957) is a

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politician who served as the 2nd

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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

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and

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, the second son after

Chui Sai-cheong Chui Sai-cheong (; born 19 February 1954 in Macau) is a member and the First Secretary of the Legislative Assembly of Macau. He is the older brother of Fernando Chui the former Chief Executive of Macau The Chief Executive of the Macao Specia ...

. His wife is a niece of the late Hong Kong tycoon

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Ying-tung.

Education

In Macau, Chui attended

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and then finished high school at

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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

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* PhD in Public Health at the

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* Registered member of the American Association of Public Hygiene * Registered member of the American Association for the Management of Medical Affairs He was guest professor at the Huanan Teachers Training University. Due to studying in the United States at a younger age, Chui did not have the opportunity to study

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(

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), and thus does not speak it well. This was evident when he made his oath of acceptance as Chief Executive of Macao in front of Chinese leader

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Chief Executive of Macau

Prior to becoming Chief Executive, Chui served as a member of the 5th Legislative Assembly of Macau. In June 2009 Chui was declared to be the sole candidate for the position of Macau's chief executive. He was nominated by 286 members of the 300-member election committee. On election day, 26 July 282 committee members voted for Chui (14 blank, 4 abstention), and was subsequently appointed by

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, Premier of China. He assumed his new role as Chief Executive of Macau in December 2009. On 31 August 2014, Chui was re-elected as Macau's Chief Executive with 380 votes from the 400-member election committee. Meanwhile, 7,762 Macau residents voted having no confidence in Chui becoming the Chief Executive in an unofficial "referendum".

List of policy addresses

Election results

Legislative Assembly

Chief Executive

Charities

* Executive manager and director of Medical and Health Department of the Tung Sin Tong Charitable Institution * President of Macau Jaycees * Executive Director of Macau Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association * board member of the Macau Eye-Bank Foundation * Vice President of the Association of the Management Professionals * Honorary President of the Association of Nursing Staff of Macau Chui is also involved in youth and education causes including: * tutor in the Chamber of Commerce for International Youth * member of the Youth Committee of the Macau Government * headmaster of the Kiang Ping School * President of the Youth Association of the Kiang Wu Hospital * member and Standing Committee member of All-China Youth Federation

Scandals

Chui has been linked to several scandals during his time as a minister of

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's administration. Most notably, the

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in 2005 were run under Chui's portfolio and put him in the midst of the Ao Man Long scandal. The games ran over budget by 70%. Ao allegedly received a MOP50 million (US$6.2 million) bribe in connection with the construction contract for the games' centerpiece, the Macau Dome indoor arena. Overall, that project wound up costing MOP640 million, MOP285 million over budget. As a result, he was extremely unpopular amongst the pro-democracy camp even before he was elected as the chief executive. In 2016, Chui was caught up in allegations of transferring Macau's reserves to the mainland. He was accused of favouritism after the Macau Foundation – a quasi-official foundation of which he is chairman and of which his brother heads the supervisory board – donated 100 million yuan ($15.4 million) of public money to

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in Guangzhou, of which he is deputy head of the board. The Macanese government said that the donation was made in return for China's long-standing support to the SAR.

Honours

Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit,

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(9 May 2014) * Grand Lotus Medal of Honour,

(19 December 2020)

References

Information on the major officials and the Procurator-General of the MSAR
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