Macau

• essentially urban;
• an area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km and known as Cotai now connects the islands of Coloane and Taipa;
• the island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges

noun:

Chinese

adjective:

Chinese

at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.12 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

0.82 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.88 male(s)/female

total population:

0.91 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

conventional long form:

Macau Special Administrative Region

conventional short form:

Macau

official long form:

Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)

official short form:

Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese)

• National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949);
• note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

• previous 1976 (Organic Statute of Macau, by Portugal);
• latest adopted 31 March 1993, effective 20 December 1999(Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region, by the People's Republic of China, serves as Macau's constitution) (2013)

• 18 years of age in direct elections for some legislative positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years;
• note - indirect elections are limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (973 were registered in the 2009 legislative elections) and a 300-member Election Committee for the Chief Executive (CE) drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, central government bodies, and elected Macau officials

chief of state:

President of China HU Jintao (since 15 March 2003)

head of government:

Chief Executive Fernando CHUI Sai-on (since 20 December 2009)

cabinet:

Executive Council consists of 1 government secretary, 3 legislators, 4 businessmen, 1 pro-Beijing unionist, and 1 pro-Beijing educator; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• chief executive chosen by a 300-member Election Committee for a five-year term (current chief executive is eligible for a second term);
• election last held on 26 July 2009 (next to be held in July 2014)

note: the Legislative Assembly voted in August 2012 to expand the electoral committee to 400 seats for the 2014 election.

election results:

Fernando CHUI Sai-on elected in 2009 with 282 votes, took office on 20 December 2009

highest court(s):

Court of Final Appeal of Macau Special Administrative Region (consists of the court president and 2 associate justices)

judge selection and term of office:

justices appointed by the Macau chief executive upon the recommendation of an independent commission of judges, lawyers, and "eminent" persons; judge tenure NA

subordinate courts:

• Court of Second Instance;
• Court of First instance;
• Lower Court;
• Administrative Court

• Alliance for Change or MUDAR
• Democratic New Macau Association or ANMD (an electoral list of New Macau Association [Jason CHAO]
• Democratic Prosperous Macau Association or APMD (an electoral list of New Macau Association [Jason CHAO]
• Macau Development Alliance or NUDM [Angela LEONG On-kei]
• Macau-Guangdong Union or UMG
• Macau United Citizens' Association or ACUM [CHAN Meng-kam]
• New Macau Association or NMA [Jason CHAO]
• New Hope or NE [Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]
• Union for Development or UDP
• Union for Promoting Progress or UPP [LEONG Heng-teng]

note: there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies

• Civic Power [Agnes LAM lok-fong]
• Democratic Action [LEE Kin-yun]
• Bar-Bending Workers' Association {WONG Wai-Man]
• Macau New Chinese Youth Association [LEONG Sin-man]
• Macau Society of Tourism and Entertainment or STDM [Stanley HO]
• Macau Worker's Union [HO Heng-kuok]
• New Macau Association [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong]

• green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in the center of the arc and two smaller on either side;
• the lotus is the floral emblem of Macau, the three petals represent the peninsula and two islands that make up Macau;
• the five stars echo those on the flag of China

• only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers;
• fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important;
• some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong

manufacturing:

3%

construction:

6.6%

transport and communications:

4.3%

wholesale and retail trade:

12.7%

restaurants and hotels:

15.5%

gambling:

15.1%

public sector:

7.1%

financial services:

2.2%

other services:

33.5% (2012)

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

general assessment:

fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services

domestic:

• termination of monopoly over mobile-cellular telephone services in 2001 spurred sharp increase in subscriptions with mobile-cellular teledensity exceeding 200 per 100 persons;
• fixed-line subscribership appears to have peaked and is now in decline

international:

• country code - 853;
• landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe;
• HF radiotelephone communication facility;
• satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)

• local government dominates broadcast media;
• 2 television stations operated by the government with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin;
• 1 cable TV and 4 satellite TV services available;
• 3 radio stations broadcasting, of which 2 are government-operated (2012)

total:

413 km

country comparison to the world: 199

paved:

413 km (2009)

males age 16-49:

124,189

females age 16-49:

149,514 (2010 est.)

male:

4,274

female:

3,674 (2010 est.)