Following Beijing’s approval of the demarcation of territorial waters for the Macau SAR, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China is to sign an agreement with Macau Customs in May with regard to the management of Macau’s territorial waters, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has told reporters, explaining that he recently accompanied Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On to Beijing and has met with representatives of the General Administration of Customs of Mainland China. Both sides agreed to sign the relevant agreement in May, which includes details regarding future law enforcement and work arrangements and a better mechanism to enhance communication and co-operation. Police force On the sidelines of the 13th inaugural ceremony of deputy commissioners and chief assistants of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) and Fire Department (CB), the Director of the Macau Security Force Superior School (ESFSM) Hoi Sio Iong, told reporters that the current number of police is adequate. “Officers graduating today are hired according to vacancy; now we hire once a year, or sometimes once every two years, the number of officers is quite enough. For other members of the police, we changed from hiring three times every two years to twice per year starting in 2016,” said Mr. Hoi. “We have about 150 police graduating in May, and other members will join the school in April.” Hoi stated that the workforce in public security is basically enough. When asked about any changes in courses due to crimes related to the new development of the city, Hoi said, “courses keep on being updated such as on information technology. In recent years, we have added means like communicating with citizens, meaning we let them know our reason for taking action.” Incorruptibility Following four year of training courses, 24 officers graduated yesterday. Among them, 16 will serve with the PSP, while the other eight will serve in the Fire Department. After the inaugural ceremony, CPSP Wong Iong Iong was asked if benefits and remuneration were taken into consideration for her choice of career, to which she replied “we have better benefits and remuneration after studying in this school, but serving citizens is the most important.”
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