Secretary for Transport and Public Works (portuguese

Portuguese language

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: Secretário-Adjunto dos Transportes e Obras Públicas)was a bureau secretary in the Portuguese

Portugal

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 administration in Macau

Macau

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. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (Secretaria dos Transportes e Obras Públicas). This was the only department to remain intact after the 1999 handover (see 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....

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The role for Communications from the old Secretary for Public Works and Communications was transferred to the Secretary for Tourism and Culture.

List of responsibilities:

List of departments

• Cartography
  Cartography
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   and Cadastre
  Cadastre
  A cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country...
  
   Bureau
• Port Authority
  Port authority
  In Canada and the United States a port authority is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.Port authorities are usually governed by boards or...
  
  
• Macau Post
  Mail
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• Meteorological
  Meteorology
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   and Geophysical
  Atmospheric sciences
  Atmospheric sciences is an umbrella term for the study of the atmosphere, its processes, the effects other systems have on the atmosphere, and the effects of the atmosphere on these other systems. Meteorology includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics with a major focus on weather...
  
   Bureau
• Housing
  Public housing
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• Environmental
  Natural environment
  The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
  
   Protection Committee
• Civil Aviation Authority
  Civil aviation
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• Infrastructure
  Infrastructure
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   Development Office
• Energy
  Energy
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   Sector Development Office
• Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation
• Land, Public works and Transport Bureau (Macau)
  Land, Public works and Transport Bureau (Macau)
  Land, Public Works and Transport is department under the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works .It is responsible for government policy and regulation over:* transport in Macau* land use, sale land and public lands in Macau...
  
  
• Maritime Administration

Deputy Secretaries

• Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
  Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
  Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira was the last Governor of Macau.-Background:He is the son of João da Silva Vieira Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (b. Lagoa, 16 August 1939) was the last Governor of Macau.-Background:He is the son of João da Silva Vieira Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira (b. Lagoa, 16 August 1939)...
  
   1974-1975 (Public Works and Communications); last Governor 1991-1999

See also

• Transport in Macau

Other principal officials of Portuguese Macau:

• Governor of Macau
  Governor of Macau
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   as Head of Government
• Secretary for Economic Coordination
  Secretary for Economic Coordination
  The Secretary for Economic Coordination a bureau secretary and finance minister in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Economic Coordination, which was responsible for financial affairs in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice (Macau)
  Secretary for Justice or Secretaria da Justiça was a bureau secretary and senior law officer in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Justice, which was responsible for legal affairs and public prosecution in the colony...
  
  
• Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
  Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget
  Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget was a member of the Portguese Macau Government. The Secretary headed the Secretariat is responsible for the health and social affairs in the colony....
  
  
• Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth
  The Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth was a bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Public Administration, Education and Youth, which was responsible for the civil service, education and youth affairs in the colony...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
  Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture
  The Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture was bureau secretary in the Portuguese administration in Macau. The Secretary was responsible for communications and promoting the colony of Macau...
  
  

External links

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