The Macau government is considering a proposal to transform the Supporting Office to the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau into a Services Directorate, Teresa Mok, the Office’s coordinator, said on Tuesday.

The level of demand in the work to develop Macau as a platform for services for trade cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries and the prediction that most of the projects to be carried out will be long-term.

The proposal is being assessed by the Office of the Secretary for Administration and Justice, said Mok, quoted by daily newspaper Tribuna de Macau.

Mok said that the potential change was intended to reshape the project team and build an efficient permanent coordination and implementation mechanism that would meet the objective of developing the platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, along with the development of Macau. (Macauhub)