Fernando Chui

Fernando Chui Chui Sai On
崔世安
2nd Chief Executive of Macau
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2009
Preceded by	Edmund Ho Hau Wah
Macau Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture
In office 20 December 1999 – 20 December 2009
Preceded by	Antonio Salavessa da Costa as Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture of Macau; Alarcão Troni as Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget of Macau
Succeeded by	Cheong U
Personal details
Born	13 January 1957 Portuguese Macau
Nationality	Macau, China
Spouse(s)	Winnie Fok Wai-fun
Residence	Macau
Alma mater	California State University, University of Oklahoma
Occupation	Civil servant
Chinese name
Chinese	崔世安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cuī Shì'ān Wade–Giles Tsui Shih'an Tongyong Pinyin Cuēi Shìh'ān Yale Romanization Tswēi Shr̀'ān IPA [tsʰu̯éi̯ ʂɻ̩̂.án] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ceoi1 Sai3 On1 IPA [tsʰɵ́y sɐ̄iʔɔ́ːn] Yale Romanization Chēui Sái Ōn

Fernando Chui Sai On (Chinese: 崔世安; pinyin: Cuī Shì'ān; born 13 January 1957) is the current Chief Executive of Macau, he was the 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 Ying-tung.

Education

In Macau, Chui attended Lingnan High School and then spent his late year of high school at Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu before pursuing his post-secondary education. Chui has become involved in the public health in the Macau Special Administrative Region, Chui obtained his training in the United States and has various degrees:

• Bachelor's degree in City Hygiene Administration from California State University, Sacramento^[1]
• PhD in Public Health at the University of Oklahoma^[1]
• Registered member of the American Association of Public Hygiene
• Registered member of the American Association for the Management of Medical Affairs

He was guest professor of the Huanan Teachers Training University.

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
• As he went to study in USA when he was very young, therefore he did not have the opportunity to study Mandarin. He speaks very poor Mandarin, this can be seen when he made his acceptance vow for the Chief Executive of Macao in front of President Hu Jintao.

Chief Executive of Macau

In June 2009 he declared himself the sole candidate for Macau's chief executive election. He was nominated by 286 members of the 300-member election committee. On election day, 26 July 282 committee members voted for Chui (14 blank, 4 abstention) and assumed his new role as Chief executive of Macau in December 2009.^[2][3][4][5]

Election results

Legislative Assembly

Year	Candidate	Hare quota	Mandate	List Votes	List Pct
1996	Fernando Chui Sai On (UDP)	3,271	№5/8	6,543	23.75%

Chief Executive

Year	Candidate	Votes	Pct
2009	Fernando Chui Sai On	282	95.27%
2014	Fernando Chui Sai On	380	96.95%

Charities

• Executive manager and director of Medical and Health Department of the Tung Sin Tong Charitable Institution
• President of Macau Jaycee
• Executive Director of Macau Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association
• board member of the Macau Eye-Bank Foundation

He has also been involved in other boards in Macau:

• Vice President of the Association of the Management Professionals
• Honorary President of the Association of Nursing Staff of Macau

Prior to his current position, Chui served as member of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Macau Government.

Scandals

Chui has been linked to several scandals during his time as a minister of Edmund Ho's administration.^[6]

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.^[7][8] 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 as a 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.^[9]

References

1. Cheng, Jonathan (27 July 2009). "Macau Picks Chief in Time of Transition". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
2. Pomfret, James (26 July 2009). "FACTBOX – Five facts about Macau and new leader Fernando Chui". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. "Macau's sole leadership candidate denies link to land deal". Google. AFP. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
4. "Macao kicks off third-term chief executive election". Xinhua News Agency. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
5. Olczak, Nicholas (26 July 2009). "Incoming Macau Chief Brings Hopes of Casino Recovery (Update1)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
6. Muhammad Cohen (25 June 2009). "Macau's election a sure bet". Asia Times. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
7. May 2009&type=politics
8. "Jornal Tribuna de Macau". Jtm.com.mo. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
9. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1942540/macau-leader-accused-favouritism-after-100m-yuan-university-donation

• Information on the major officials and the Procurator-General of the MSAR