Chui Sai On, ex-secretary for social affairs and culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), was confirmed as a qualified Chief Executive (CE) candidate, the SAR's CE Electoral Affairs Committee announced on Thursday.

A total of four residents applied for the CE candidacy, and only Chui got enough nominations to be accepted by the Committee, which oversees the upcoming CE election, as a qualified candidate for the SAR's top job.

Under the SAR's CE Election Law, anyone who intends to run for the CE office must be nominated by 50 of the 300 members of the CE Election Committee, within which the new CE will be elected. Chui has dominantly acquired 286 nominations.

The election of the SAR's third CE was scheduled to take place on July 26.

Meanwhile, Chui, who will release his political platform on July 11, was busy visiting various local civil groups and organizations, with the aim to collect different opinions concerning the future development of the SAR.

Source:Xinhua