Ho Iat-seng was the only candidate for Macau’s chief executive. Photo: Xinhua

Ho Iat-seng will be new city leader of Macau, China’s gambling hub

Sole candidate and business veteran Ho Iat-seng confirmed as the new Macau chief executive, rejecting criticisms on deteriorating rights and freedoms
The results of an unofficial poll about universal suffrage in the city were expected to be released on Monday

Topic | Macau

Raquel Carvalho

Published: 12:25pm, 25 Aug, 2019

Updated: 12:04am, 26 Aug, 2019

Ho Iat-seng was the only candidate for Macau’s chief executive. Photo: Xinhua

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Raquel Carvalho

Raquel Carvalho is Asia Correspondent for the Post. She joined the newspaper in 2014. Most of her investigative and in-depth stories have been focused on human rights, cross-border security, illicit trade and corruption. She was previously the chief reporter at a Portuguese daily newspaper in Macau, where she moved to from Europe in 2008.