Secretary for Transport and Public Works ( pt, Secretário-Adjunto dos Transportes e Obras Públicas) was a bureau secretary in
Portuguese Macau
Portuguese Macau (officially the Province of Macau until 1976, and then the Autonomous Region of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the end of colonial ru ...
. 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)
The Secretariat for Transport and Public Works ( zh, 運輸工務司; pt, Secretariado para os Transportes e Obras Públicas) is the department of the Macau Government responsible for overseeing a number of the region's important services.
The d ...
).
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
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Cartography
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Cadastre
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Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...
Bureau
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Port Authority
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Macau Post - created from the old Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
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Meteorological
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and
Geophysical
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Bureau
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Housing
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Environmental
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Protection Committee
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Civil Aviation
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Authority
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Infrastructure Development Office
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Energy
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Sector Development Office
* Bureau of
Telecommunications
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Regulation - created from the old Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
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Land, Public works and Transport Bureau (Macau)
The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT; ; pt, Direcção dos Serviços de Solos, Obras Públicas e Transportes) is a department under the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works of Macau, China.
It is responsible for governme ...
* Maritime Administration
List of Secretariats
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Alves Paula
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Deputy Secretaries
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Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, GCTE GCC GCIH ComA (; b. Lagoa, 16 August 1939), is a retired Portuguese Army officer who was last Governor of Macau.
Background
He is the son of João da Silva Vieira (b. Lagoa or Faro on 9 November 1913) ...
1974-1975 (Public Works and Communications); last Governor 1991-1999
See also
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Transport in Macau
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References
Casa de Macau- references to former Portuguese secretaries
External links
-- homepage
{{Government of Portugal Macau
Government departments and agencies of Macau
Transport and Public Works, Secretariat for
Macau
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Political office-holders in Macau
Positions of the Macau Government
1999 disestablishments in Macau
Transport organizations based in China