The polling day to choose the members of the Chief Executive Election Committee is set for 16 June 2019, according to Executive Order No. 54/2019 published in today’s Macao SAR Gazette.

The Chief Executive is appointed by the Central Government and elected by the Chief Executive Election Committee, a body representative of the broad community and comprised of 400 members from four sectors of society.

The First Sector represents the industrial, commercial and financial sub-sectors. The Second Sector comprises people from the cultural, educational, professional and sports sub-sectors. The Third Sector includes representatives of the labour, religious affairs and social service sub-sectors.

Fourth-Sector membership is formed from: members of the Legislative Assembly; representatives of the Municipal Affairs Bureau; and Macao’s delegates respectively to the National People’s Congress and to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.