The name list of the 300 members of Macao Special Administrative Region's (SAR) Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee was Monday published in the SAR's latest edition of the Official Gazette.

By law, Macao's new chief executive will be elected within the 300-member CE Election Committee, the tenure of which is five years and their memberships become effective as the name list was official published on Monday.

The 300 committee members is comprised of 254 representatives from seven local socio-economic sectors, who was automatically elected due to the lack of contests, and the rest includes the SAR's 12 deputies to the National People's Congress, 16 representatives from the SAR's 29-member Legislative Assembly, 12 representatives from Macao's 34 deputies to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and six religious representatives.

Previously, the incumbent CE Ho Hau Wah has told local media that the date of the CE election will be announced next month. So far, no eligible local resident has declared his or her candidacy for the SAR's top job.

(Xinhua News Agency May 5, 2009)