国内英语新闻:Ho Iat Seng appointed Macao chief executive

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council on Wednesday appointed Ho Iat Seng as chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).

Ho was elected the fifth-term chief executive-designate of the Macao SAR on Aug. 25 as the sole candidate of the election.

His tenure will start from Dec. 20, 2019, according to a decision made at a State Council meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

Ho, born in Macao in 1957, used to serve as a member of the Executive Council of the Macao SAR from 2004 to 2009. In October 2013, he was elected president of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR and was reelected in October 2017.

He had also been a deputy to China's National People's Congress (NPC) and a member of the NPC Standing Committee.