Lawmakers urge policies aligned with national strategies

With the Two Sessions concluded, a review of 27 preagenda speeches delivered at Friday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) found many lawmakers citing Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan and Macau’s third Five-Year Plan as justification for aligning local policy with national strategies. Speeches covered a broad agenda, including development of the low-altitude economy, strengthening patriotic and pro-Macau forces, urban renewal, implementation of the “1+4” industrial plan to diversify the economy, deeper Macau-Hengqin integration, fostering new-quality productive forces, and addressing the falling birth rate. Ho Ion Sang, vice-president of the AL, warned…