The Secretariat for Security (保安司 in Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

, Secretaria para a Segurança in Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

) is the government department responsible for public safety and security in Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

. The role replaced the former post of Secretary for Public Security

Secretary for Public Security

The Secretary for Public Security was the top law enforcement officer in Portuguese Macau.The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Security, which as responsible for the disciplinary services in Macau...

. It is responsible for managing the Macau Security Force.

Subordinate Entities

The following bureaus are controlled under the MSF:

• Public Security Police Force
  Public Security Police Force of Macau
  The Public Security Police Force of Macau is the police department of Macau under the Macau Security Forces. Originally known at first as the Macau Police , the force went through several name changes before taking on its current name...
  
  
• Public Security Forces Affairs Bureau
• Judiciary Police
• Unitary Police Service
• Macau Prison
  Macau Prison
  Macau Prison or Estabelecimento Prisional de Macau is the agency responsible for maintaining inmates in Macau. The prison is staff are under the administration of the Secretariat for Security ....
  
  
• Fire Services Bureau
  Corpo de Bombeiros de Macau
  Corpo de Bombeiros de Macau or Macau Corps of Firefighters is responsible for fire and rescue services in Macau. The current civilian agency CDBM was formed in 1999, but fire brigades dates back to 1851. The department is organized under the Macau Security Force...
  
  
• Academy for Public Security Forces
• Customs of Macau SAR
• Immigration Service

List of Secretariats

• Cheong Kuoc Vá
  Cheong Kuoc Vá
  Cheong Kuoc Vá is the Secretary for Security in Macau.Born in Macau, Cheong joined the Public Security Police Force of Macau upon graduation from Yuet Wah College in 1975...
  
   1999- ; former Chief of the Public Security Police Force

Commissioners

• José Proença Branco - Unitary Police
• Chôi Lai Hang - Director General of the Customs Service
  • Lai Man Wa - Deputy Director General of the Customs Service

• Lei Siu Peng - Public Security Police
  • Ma Io Kun - Deputy Commissioner Public Security Police
  • Lei Man Kim - Deputy Commissioner Public Security Police

• Wong Sio Chak - Director, Judiciary Police
  • Cheong Ioc Iong - Deputy Director, Judiciary Police
  • João Augusto da Rosa, Judiciary Police

• Lee Kam Cheong - Director, Macau Prison

• Loi Kam Wan - Commssioner Macau Fire Service
  • Eurico Lopes Fazenda - Deputy Commssioner Macau Fire Service
  • Lei Pun Chi - Deputy Commssioner Macau Fire Service

See also

Other principal officials of Macau:

• Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Macau)
  Secretariat for Administration and Justice (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Administration and Justice is a department of the government of Macau. The secretariat is responsible for the civil service, legal affairs, and municipal affairs in the region...
  
  
• Secretariat for Economy and Finance (Macau)
  Secretariat for Economy and Finance (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Economy and Finance is a department of the Macau GovernmentThe Secretariat is responsible for economic, financial and labour affairs the region....
  
  
• Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (Macau)
  Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture is a department of the Macau Government...
  
  
• Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (Macau)
  Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (Macau)
  The Secretariat for Transport and Public Works is the department of the Macau Government responsible for overseeing a number of the region's important services....