My Take | Macau cannot afford to gamble with the lives of its citizens
Weather chief may be the face of government failure in the wake of deadly Hato, but the real problem lies much deeper than that
The city certainly has the money to do better, because government cash giveaways from fiscal surpluses are virtually annual events. So what’s missing?
Since last week, news footage from Macau has shown People’s Liberation Army troops helping to clean up the mess and evacuate residents after the worst storm to hit the enclave in more than half a century left 10 dead.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai-on had to issue a public apology a day after the storm and top weatherman Fong Soi-kun resigned. There have been many complaints about the time it took Fong’s bureau to trigger the top typhoon signal to warn the city of the dangers that lay ahead.