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Anti-corruption approaches in Macao: lawmaking and legal enforcement / Wing-Yat, Eilo Yu

Wing-yat, Eilo Yu	Journal Article
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2013.

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Successive governments have sought to address the enduring problem of corruption in Macao. Yet the institutional framework for dealing with corrupt practices has singularly failed to live up to political promises and public expectations of clean government. The Ao Man-long case, in which a former Secretary for Transport and Public Works was found guilty of corrupt practices involving an estimated $800 million (about US$100 million), rocked public confidence in the anti-corruption institutions and gave credence to the widely-held view that an expanded gaming industry had provided more opportunities for illicit behavior. Diagnosing the causes of failure suggests that neither a lack of resources nor the absence of rules serves to explain the continuing high levels of bureaucratic corruption. Rather the explanation for the failure of the institutional framework lies in the content of the rules and the way in which they are implemented. While this situation continues to persist, it is unlikely that the problem of bureaucratic corruption will be resolved or that its wider impact on the government's legitimacy will be reduced.

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Macao ; Ao Man-long Case ; Bureaucratic Corruption

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Political opposition and democracy in Macao: revolutionaries or loyalists? / Wing-yat, Eilo Yu; Ka-man, Natalie Chin

Wing-yat, Eilo Yu	Journal Article
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2012.

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This article examines the nature of political opposition in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) to give us an understanding of its role in and approach to political reform in the territory. It explores the emergence of the pro-democracy opposition in Macao since the end of the colonial era and the self-perception of pro-democratic opposition groups in the MSAR regime, and argues that the majority of opposition groups perceive themselves as 'loyal' opponents to the current regime. The groups aim at checking the authorities in the scope of the constitution as loyal constituents. Their assumption of this role is the result of several environmental factors, including a relatively weak civil society, a lack of resources and a pro-government media.

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Revolutionaries ; Political Reform ; Macao ; Macao Special Administrative Region ; Iran - Democracy - 1941-1953

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