In this article, the surname is Chui. In accordance with Macau custom, the Western-style name is Fernando Chui and the Chinese-style name is Chui Sai On.
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In Macau, Chui attended Lingnan High School and then finished high school at Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu before pursuing his post-secondary education. Chui obtained his university training in the United States where he obtained his various degrees:
Registered member of the American Association of Public Hygiene
Registered member of the American Association for the Management of Medical Affairs
He was guest professor at the Huanan Teachers Training University.[clarification needed]
Due to studying in the United States at a younger age, Chui did not have the opportunity to study Mandarin (Putonghua), and thus does not speak it well. This was evident when he made his oath of acceptance as Chief Executive of Macao in front of Chinese leader Hu Jintao.
Chief Executive of Macau
Prior to becoming Chief Executive, Chui served as a member of the 5th Legislative Assembly of Macau.
In June 2009 Chui was declared to be the sole candidate for the position of Macau's chief executive. He was nominated by 286 members of the 300-member election committee. On election day, 26 July 282 committee members voted for Chui (14 blank, 4 abstention), and was subsequently appointed by Wen Jiabao, Premier of China. He assumed his new role as Chief Executive of Macau in December 2009.[2][3][4][5]
On 31 August 2014, Chui was re-elected as Macau's Chief Executive with 380 votes from the 400-member election committee.[6] Meanwhile, 7,762 Macau residents voted having no confidence in Chui becoming the Chief Executive in an unofficial "referendum".[7]
Executive manager and director of Medical and Health Department of the Tung Sin Tong Charitable Institution
President of Macau Jaycees
Executive Director of Macau Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association
board member of the Macau Eye-Bank Foundation
Vice President of the Association of the Management Professionals
Honorary President of the Association of Nursing Staff of Macau
Chui is also involved in youth and education causes including:
tutor in the Chamber of Commerce for International Youth
member of the Youth Committee of the Macau Government
headmaster of the Kiang Ping School
President of the Youth Association of the Kiang Wu Hospital
member and Standing Committee member of All-China Youth Federation
Scandals
Chui has been linked to several scandals during his time as a minister of Edmund Ho's administration.[8]
Most notably, the East Asian Games in 2005 were run under Chui's portfolio and put him in the midst of the Ao Man Long scandal. The games ran over budget by 70%. Ao allegedly received a MOP50million (US$6.2million) bribe in connection with the construction contract for the games' centerpiece, the Macau Dome indoor arena. Overall, that project wound up costing MOP640million, MOP285million over budget. As a result, he was extremely unpopular amongst the pro-democracy camp even before he was elected as the chief executive.[9][10]
In 2016, Chui was caught up in allegations of transferring Macau's reserves to the mainland. He was accused of favouritism after the Macau Foundation – a quasi-official foundation of which he is chairman and of which his brother heads the supervisory board – donated 100 million yuan ($15.4million) of public money to Jinan University in Guangzhou, of which he is deputy head of the board. The Macanese government said that the donation was made in return for China's long-standing support to the SAR.[11]
↑Cohen, Muhammad (25 June 2009). "Macau's election a sure bet". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
↑"Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas"[Foreign Citizens Awarded with Portuguese Orders]. Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas[Official webpage of the Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
