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Community Relations Community Relations 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC CHAPTERVII COMMUNITYRELATIONS 69 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 CHAPTERVII COMMUNITYRELATIONS OneoftheCCAC’skeystrategiesistoestablishgoodcommunityrelations andcarryouthigh-qualitypromotionalandeducationalactivitiessoastounite andmobilizevariousforces. In2002,theCCACcontinuedtohold,inaplannedway,seminarstargeting atdifferentgroupsofpeopleoncorruption-freeadministration,andavarietyof activitiesaimedateducatingpeoplefromallwalksoflife.Theseincludedaca- demicsymposiums,publicationofjournalsandbrochures,creationofaquar- terlyperiodical,andtheproductionoftextbooks.Theplanforthesetupofthe branchofficewasbeingfinalizedandscheduledtoservethecommunityinthe middleof2003. Moreover,theCCACmadecontinuouseffortstostrengthencontactswith otherpublicorgansofMacao,andwithrelevantinstitutionsinthemainlandChina andoverseas,toboostexchangesandshareexperience,forthecommongoalof buildingupcleanadministration. 7.110YearsofSafeguardingHonestyandTransparencyinMacao Theyear2002isthe10 thanniversaryofthecommencementofanti- corruptionservices.Tocelebratethisoccasion,theCCAChostedanumberof activitiesonthistheme.Bylookingbackonthehistoryoftheconstructionofa cleansociety,thepeopleofMacaocouldreviewthepastandlookforwardto thefuture.TheCCACorganizedseminars,compiledseminarproceedings, 70 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC publishedcommemorativepublication,andissuedcommemorativestampsand telephonecards. 7.1.1Seminaron“PromotingIntegrityintheCivilService” On13September2002,theCCAChostedaseminaron“PromotingIntegrity intheCivilService”intheMacauTowerConventionandEntertainmentCentre. Theseminarbroughttogetherdelegatesofrelevantinstitutions,expertsand scholarsinvitedfromfourregionsonbothsidesoftheStrait.Theyincluded thosefromtheSupremePeople’sProcuratorateandMinistryofSupervisionof thePeople’sRepublicofChina,theDepartmentofSupervisionofGuangdong Province,theZhuhaiPeoples’Procuratorate,theIndependentCommission AgainstCorruptionandOmbudsmanofHongKong,NationalTaipeiUniversity andFuJenCatholicUniversityofTaiwan,andtheUniversityofMacau.Together, theyexploredanddiscussedissuesonthepromotionandconsolidationofclean andjustpublicserviceaswellastherelevantstrategiesandwork. Participants,numberingover300,alsoincludeddirectorsandchiefsofgovern- mentdepartments,officersofthejudiciary,publicservantsofvariouslevels, scholars,representativesofassociationsanduniversitystudentsmajoringinlaw. 71 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 TheChiefExecutiveoftheMacaoSAR,togetherwithguestrepresentativesfromdifferentregions attheopeningceremonyoftheseminaron“PromotingIntegrityintheCivilService” Asceneoftheseminaron“PromotingIntegrityintheCivilService” 72 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC Governmentofficialsattheseminar 7.1.2Publicationoftheproceedingsoftheseminar TheCCACpublishedabilingualversion(ChineseandPortuguese)ofthesemi- narproceedingssoastosharethefruitsoftheseminarwithmorepeople,thus arousingtheirattentionandmotivatingthemtojoinhandsandstriveforclean andhonestadministrationtogether. 73 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 7.1.3CommemorativePublication TheCCACpublishedatrilingual(Chinese,PortugueseandEnglish)commemo- rativepublicationentitled“10YearsofSafeguardingHonestyandTransparency inMacao”.Thepublicationincludesthehistoryofdevelopmentofcleanadministra- tioninMacaooverthepast10years,thehistoricalbackgroundofeachperiod, summariesofcasesdetectedandconcluded,andthedevelopmentoftheworks onanti-corruption,ombudsman,promotionandeducation,andthetrainingof personnel.Commentsandviewsontheconstructionofcorruption-freegovern- mentfromsomesocialpersonagesarealsoincluded.Thecommemorativepublication isanaccountoftheanti-corruptionendeavoursaswellasaprofileofthesocial developmentoftheMacaosocietyoverthepast10yearsorso. Front-coveroftheseminarproceedingson“PromotingIntegrityintheCivilService” 74 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC Front-coverofthecommemorativepublicationentitled “10YearsofSafeguardingHonestyandTransparencyinMacao” 7.1.4Issueofcommemorativestampsandphonecards Incoordinationwiththe10thanniversaryactivities,thePostOfficeandthe TelecommunicationCompanyofMacaoLtd.joinedthepromotioncampaign byissuingrespectivelycommemorativestampsandtelephonecards,allbearing thetitle“10YearsofSafeguardingHonestyandTransparencyinMacao”. 75 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 Commemorativestampsandtelephone-cardsfor “10YearsofSafeguardingHonestyandTransparencyinMacao” 7.2SeminarsonFosteringCleanAdministration TheCCACcontinuedtoorganizeseminarsforthepublicservants,students andthegeneralpublicofMacao,disseminatingthemessageofhonestyandjus- ticeandenablingtheaudiencebetterunderstandingoftheevilsofcorruption andtheimportanceofanhonestandjustsocietytothelifeofpeople.Atthe 76 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC sametime,seminarsandtalksprovideexcellentopportunityfortheCCACto communicatewiththepublicandlistentothem. TheCCACheldatotalof185seminarsin2002(pleaseseeTable16),an increaseof32%comparedwiththatof2001.Thoughtherewasafallof10%in thenumberofparticipants,thelecturesranatotalof255.5hours,also32% longerthan2001.Thefallwasmainlyduetothedecreaseinthenumberof studentsparticipatingineachseminar.Actually,thenumberofseminarsfor studentswasalmostdoubled,from21in2001to40in2002,sothatstudents hadmoreopportunitiestoaskquestionsandinvolvethemselvesindiscussions. Table16 Statisticsonseminarsheldin2000/2001/2002 Audience categories Number of seminars Number of participants Number of hours 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 Publicservants 23 94 132 855 5,209 7,435 54 134 198 Schoolstudents 10 21 40 886 5,386 3,271 12 20 41 Membersof associations 14 19 10 1,678 1,736 493 20 28.5 13 Staffofcredit institutions 6 4 2 220 132 55 12 8 2.5 Personnelof privatesector 2 1 70 25 3 1 Total 53 140 185 3,639 12,533 11,279 98 193.5 255.5 7.2.1Educationalseminarsforpublicservants Educationalseminarsforpublicservantswereheldintwoforms.Somewere partofthebasictrainingprogrammesforpersonnelofthepublicfunctionswhile othersweretalksonspecialtopicsorganizedforcertaindepartments,suchas thoseforpublicservantsengagedinadministrationandfinance,orinpublic procurements/acquisitions.Therewerealsospecialseminarscateringfor English-speakingpublicservants. 77 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 Aseminaronpromotinghonestyandjusticeforpublicservants Detailsoftheseseminarsaregivenbelow: 1)Basictrainingprogrammeforpublicservants StartingfromJuly2001,theCCACassistedthePublicAdministrationand CivilServiceBureauinprovidingcoursesonthetopicof“HonestyandIntegrity intheInterestsofthePublic”forpublicservantsattendingthebasictraining programmes.Thefirstphaseoftheprogramme,whichwasdesignedforworkers andauxiliarystaffs,wascompletedinApril2002,withatotalof4,140participants. Inwhich2,580attendedtheprogrammein2001and1,560in2002.Thesecond phaseoftheprogramme,whichwastargetedatadministrativestaffsandpro- fessionalsandtechnicians,beganinMayandendedinNovember2002.Atotal of270newlyrecruitedstaffandthosewhoneededtoretakethecoursedueto absenceswerearrangedtoattendthiscourseinFebruaryorMarch2003. Atotalof4,380publicservantstookthecoursein2002,asdetailedbelow: Table17 Statisticsonseminarsonbasictrainingprogrammesforpublicservantsin2002 Public servants targeted Number of participants Workersandauxiliarystaffs(JanuarytoApril) 1,560 Administrativestaffs,professionalsandtechnicians(MaytoOctober) 2,820 Total 4,380 78 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2)Seminarsforpublicservicesandinstitutions TheCCACarrangedseminarsfor9publicservicesandinstitutionsin2002, with3,055participants.Someofthemwereonspecialtopics.Forexample, fromtheresearchesonthesystemsandontheoperationsofpublicserviceofthe OmbudsmanBureau,theCCACnoticedsomecomplainthotspots,andadminis- trativeproceduresandpublicfunctionswhereproblemsandconflictsofinterests easilyoccurred.Ifpublicservantswerealertedandcouldpaymoreattentionto theminperformingdailyduties,notonlywouldmanyofsuchincidentsbe prevented,butalsothecredibilityandintegrityofpublicfunctionarieswouldbe enhanced,andthechancesofcorruptionminimized.ThereforetheCCAC arrangedseminarsrespectivelyfortheMacaoCustomsService,theCivicand MunicipalAffairsBureau,andtheMacaoPrison,etc.,onhowtocarryoutpublic procurementinaccordancewiththelawandobservetheprinciplesofhonesty andjustice.Therewerealsoexplanationsofthebasicprinciplesforthemto followandtheoperativemeasuresforthemtoadopt.Theseseminarshelpedto enhancethepublicfunctionaries’awarenessoftheirpublicpositionssothatthey wouldperformtheirdutiesbystrictlyobservingthelaw,andbyworkingfairly andobjectively. SeminaronspecialtopicsorganizedbytheCCACforspecificdepartments 79 AnnualReportoftheCCAC 2002 Table18 Statisticsonseminarsforpublicservices/departmentsin2002 Public services / departments Number of participants PublicSecurityPolice 2,040 FireBrigade 94 CustomsService 15 AcademyofPublicSecurityForces 88 PublicSecurityForcesAffairsBureau 110 MacaoPrison 448 CivicandMunicipalAffairsBureau 180 EconomicServicesBureau 30 TradeandInvestmentPromotionInstitute 50 Total 3,055 7.2.2Educationalpromotionstargetedatstudents,membersofassociations andofinstitutions Teenagersattendingseminaron“ConsciousnessofIntegrity”organizedbytheCCAC 80 2002 AnnualReportoftheCCAC In2002,inadditiontothecontinuouseffortsatfosteringtheawarenessof cleanadministrationinsecondaryschoolstudents,theCCACstartedtoorganize seminarsin5tertiaryeducationinstitutionssoastowinsupportfromcollege students.Table19providesstatisticsonseminarsforstudents,membersofnon- governmentalassociations,creditinstitutions,andpersonnelofbusinessestablish- mentsoftheprivatesector: Table19 Statisticsonseminarsforstudents,associations,andmembersofinstitutionsin2002 Numberof Namesofestablishments(education/associations/institutions) participants
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