Chief Executive of Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR)
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Administrative Regulation no. 17/2004, June 14 Regulation on Prohibition of Illegal Work
The Chief Executive, after consulting the Executive Council, decrees, in accordance with paragraph 5 of article 50 of the Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region, to apply as an administrative regulation, the following: Article 1 Object This administrative regulation establishes the prohibition of unlawful accepting or rendering work, and the corresponding rules on penalties. Article 2 Scope of application For the purpose of this administrative regulation, illegal work is considered as that which is provided by: 1) A non-resident who does not have the necessary authorization to exercise an activity for another party, even if not paid; 2) A non-resident who, despite having the necessary authorization to work for another party, is working, with or without pay, for an entity other than that which has applied for his employment; 3) A non-resident who, despite having the necessary authorization to work for another party, is working disregarding other conditions of employment imposed by the respective act of authorization, with the exception of that mentioned in paragraph 2; 4) A non-resident who exercises a self-supporting activity disregarding the conditions mentioned in the following article. Article 3 Self-supporting activity 1. The direct and personal exercise of a self-supporting activity by a non-resident must be preceded by an administrative authorization for such purpose. 2. The provision of the previous paragraph does not apply to cases where there is specific regulation authorizing a non-resident to exercise, personally and directly, a self-supporting activity. 3. The authorization mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be requested to the Secretary for Economy and Finance through the Labor Affairs Bureau; the respective application shall follow the procedural rules applicable to the hiring of non-resident workers. 4. A non-resident who is already personally and directly exercising a self-supporting activity only on the basis of tax registration of the start of activity shall request, within 30 days from the entry into force of this administrative regulation, the authorization mentioned in paragraph 1. Article 4 Exceptions 1. Unless there is a legal provision to the contrary, the following cases in which a non-resident in providing an activity are not included in paragraph 1 of article 2 of this administrative regulation: 1) An agreement has been concluded between enterprises with registered office located outside of the Macau Special Administrative Region, henceforth MSAR, and individuals or collective persons with registered office in the MSAR, to execute specific or occasional works or services, namely when there is the need to use workers from outside the MSAR to provide guidance, technical, quality control or supervision services; 2) An individual or collective person with registered office in the MSAR invites a non-resident to exercise religious, sports, academic, cultural interchange or artistic activities. 2.The exceptions mentioned in paragraph 1 for the stay of a non-resident to render a service or work are limited to a maximum period of forty-five continuous or discontinuous days in each period of six months. 3. The period of six months mentioned in the previous paragraph is counted from the date of the lawful entry of the non-resident in the MSAR. 4. In the cases mentioned in the sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1, there must be a permanently updated record of the days in which the non-resident effectively exercises activity, which shall be shown to the inspecting entities mentioned in the following paragraph whenever requested. 5. Whenever the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), the Public Security Police Force (CPSP), or the Customs of Macao Special Administrative Region (SA) consider that an activity exercised by a non-resident does not comply with the situation mentioned in paragraph 1, they shall communicate such fact to the individual or collective person of the MSAR to which the non-resident provides service; after knowing about this communication, the individual or collective person shall terminate the activity of the non-resident. Article 5 Penalties Without prejudice to criminal liability as may arise, the breach of the provisions of this administrative regulation is an administrative offence. Article 6 Liability for payment of fines 1. The offender is liable for the payment of the fines, regardless of whether the offender is a regularly registered collective person or not. 2. If the offender is a collective person, the administrators or whoever represents it in any other way shall also be jointly liable for the payment of the fine, if considered responsible for the offence. Article 7 Inspective action 1. The inspection of the compliance with the provisions of this administrative regulation is a competence of the DSAL, the CPSP, or the SA, in accordance with their respective areas of intervention. 2. If the CPSP or the SA detect violations of this administrative regulation when performing the tasks of inspection mentioned in paragraph 1, they shall prepare and send the respective report to the DSAL for confirming and setting the fine.
CE to deliver 2017 Policy Address next Tuesday
Live broadcasts can also be viewed online via the following routes: the Government Portal website of the Macao SAR (www.gov.mo); the website of the Chief Executive’s Office (www.gce.gov.mo); the website of the Legislative Assembly (www.al.gov.mo); and the website of the Government Information Bureau (www.gcs.gov.mo). Full Policy Address is also available for download on the websites of these public bodies. Users of portable devices may watch the live sessions via GCE Macao, a mobile application issued by the Chief Executive’s Office, or through MSAR News, the mobile app of the Government Information Bureau, or via the official channel for Macao Government news on YouTube (www.youtube.com/macaogcs). When the Chief Executive starts his presentation on Tuesday, hard copies of the full Policy Address, and pamphlets in Chinese and Portuguese summarising it, will be available at the following locations: the Government Head Office Auxiliary Bureau; the Government Information Bureau; the Public Information Centre; the headquarters of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau; the Macao Central Library; the Macao Post and at the Government Printing Bureau. To ensure a better understanding of the policies, the Macao Post service will deliver a copy of a pamphlet in Chinese and Portuguese, with highlights of the Policy Address, to every household in Macao. The pamphlets will also be available to the public at other locations. They include: services centres of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau; citizen service centres managed by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau; centres of the Social Welfare Bureau; libraries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau; via associations, non-governmental organisations and schools.
Macao Special Administrative Region
Located west of the Pearl River estuary in Guangdong Province, 40 nautical miles west of Hong Kong, Macao’s 24 sq km of area comprise the Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island. Macao has been a part of Chinese territory since ancient times. In 1553, the Portuguese bribed local government officials in Guangdong to gain permission to drop anchor in Macao’s harbor and engage in trade. In 1557, the Portuguese began to settle nearby. In the period following the Opium War of 1840, taking advantage of the weakness of the Qing government, the Portuguese successively seized Taipa and Coloane islands to the south of the Macao Peninsula. The government of the PRC has consistently maintained that at the appropriate time a peaceful, negotiated solution to this problem inherited from the past should be found. Between June 1986 and March 1987, delegations from the two governments held four rounds of talks. Finally, on April 13, 1987, the “Joint Declaration on the Question of Macao by the Governments of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Portugal” was formally signed in Beijing. On December 20, 1999, the Chinese and Portuguese governments held a hand-over ceremony as scheduled in accordance with the “Joint Declaration on the Question of Macao,” marking the resumption of sovereignty by China over Macao. At the same time, the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was formally established, and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, adopted in March 1993 at the First Session of the Eighth NPC, came into effect. The Chinese government implements the basic policies of “one country, two systems,” “administration of Macao by the Macao people” and “a high degree of autonomy” in Macao, as stipulated by the Basic Law. The MSAR enjoys a high degree of autonomy, and its political, economic, cultural and educational systems are similar to those of the HKSAR. Since the founding of the MSAR, Ho Hau-Wah, the first Chief Executive, and the government of the MSAR have scrupulously abided by their duties, promoting Macao’s economic development and social stability and making the situation of public order much better than the past.
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1 The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) is a part of China’s territory. It is located on the Southeast coast of China to the west of the Pearl River Delta. Bordering on Guangdong Province, it locates 60km from Hong Kong and 145km from the city of Guangzhou. Local time is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
2 The second implication is that the mainland of Chinais always the strong backing for the Macao Special Administrative Region.Whether in the past, the present or the future,
3 The economic recovery and growth in Macaosince its return to Chinahas been achieved through the joint efforts by people of all walks of life in Macaounder the leadership of the MSAR Government and with the support of the mainland.