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.

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. He obtained his university training in the United States, where he obtained the following degrees:

Bachelor's degree in City Hygiene Administration from California State University, Sacramento PhD in Public Health at the University of Oklahoma

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

Year English title Portuguese title Chinese title 2017 Development Plan in Progress for Building a Perfect Home "Implementação Progressiva do Planeamento, Construção Conjunta de um Bom Lar" 逐步落實規劃 共建美好家園 2016 Boosting the economy, focusing on livelihoods, and ensuring stable development "Impulsionar a economia, promover o bem-estar da população, consolidar o desenvolvimento" 促經濟 重民生 穩發展 2015 Coordinate planning to ensure stable development Converge collective wisdom to open new chapters "Coordenar o planeamento, promover o desenvolvimento estável Reunir sabedorias da sociedade, alcançar conjuntamente novos progressos" 統籌規劃 穩健發展 匯聚民智 同創新篇 2014 Enhance Underlying Strength and Promote Sustainable Development "Aumentar a capacidade global e promover o desenvolvimento sustentável" 增強綜合實力 促進持續發展 2013 Enhance the Well-being of Society and Prepare for Long-term Development "Melhorar o bem-estar da população e planear o desenvolvimento a longo prazo" 增進民生福祉 立足長遠發展 2012 Promoting Adequate Diversification of the Economy and Raising Overall Standard of Living Promover a diversificação adequada da economia e elevar a qualidade de vida da população 推動經濟適度多元 提高民生綜合水平 2011 Adopting a Scientific Approach to Public Administration; Drawing a Blueprint for Future Development "Desenvolvimento concertado e progresso harmonioso" 落實科學施政 規劃發展藍圖 2010 Coordinated Development in Harmony "Desenvolvimento concertado e progresso harmonioso" 協調發展 和諧共進

Election results

Legislative Assembly

Chief Executive YearCandidateVotesPct200928295.27%201438096.95%

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 Edmund Ho's administration.

Most notably, the East Asian Games 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 Jinan University 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 Lotus Medal of Honour, Macau (19 December 2020)