Ng Wai Han, former Deputy Director of Macau’s Labor Affairs Bureau and Director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau, has been appointed as Director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).
The official’s one-year term begins on May 7th.
The appointment was made public via an executive order signed by Secretary for Economy and Finance Tai Kin Yip and published in Macau’s official gazette on Tuesday.
Ng has been in public service since 1999 and has held several senior roles.
This appointment fills a key leadership vacancy that had remained open since December last year. The former director, Adriano Ho, stepped down to become Director-General of the Customs Service following the inauguration of the new Macau administration. Since then, Deputy Director Lio Chi Chong had been serving as acting head.
AGB learned that Ng Wai Han had been appointed as DICJ’s director a few months ago, but the news had not been made public for “unknown reasons.”
What has drawn public attention is that, prior to her new appointment, Ng Wai Han was serving as Director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau and was also a member of the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission, currently responsible for overseeing preparations for this year’s Legislative Assembly election. The personnel change has raised concerns over whether it might affect the arrangements for the upcoming election.
