The Macao Foundation will ‘actively’ co-operate with any Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) investigation into the 100 million yuan (MOP123 million/US$15.4 million) Jinan University donation, the President of the Macao Foundation administrative council stated, as noted in a release by the group. When questioned on a possible CCAC investigation Wu Zhiliang stated that ‘the Macao Foundation evaluates all financial support requests according to the same procedure and criteria,’ calling the donation to the university ‘legal, rational and justified,’ the release announced. With regard to requests on making the financial support requests public prior to approval the member of the Macao Foundation administrative council – which Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On also sits on – stated that according to the law making that information public isn’t within the scope of the functions of the Macao Foundation, adding that more effort had been made to regulate the requests with more ‘detail and evaluation,’ and to improve information dissemination in the process. Wu Zhiliang also stated he understands the public request for transparency in awarding public funds and that recently the Macao Foundation has met with various local associations, appealing for the ‘increase of transparency while using financial support.’
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