The son of the outgoing Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng is due to resign from his role as a member of a public fund dedicated to scientific development.
Portuguese media outlet Hoje Macau reported that Jason Ho Kin Tung’s decision to depart from the fund’s board of trustees was taken for ‘personal reasons’.
Ho is no longer on an updated list of members announced in the gazette on Wednesday – signed by the city leader.
The new list, which will become effective from September, has six members only – in contrast to the nine-member list currently on the website of the Public Assets Supervision and Administration Bureau.
Under the existing rules, the number of members ranges between seven and 11, with the secretary for economy and finance as the chair.
The majority of the existing panel members are academics, along with Ma Chi Kong and Eric Ho King Fung, both scions of former influential figures in Macau who are to retain their membership.
The younger Ho was brought on board by his father in September 2022.
In the second quarter of the year, the managers of the fund approved over MOP50 million (US$6.24 million) in funding, taking the total for the first half to MOP51 million.
In the same year, Ho Iat Seng’s daughter, Ho Hoi Kei, was also appointed to a government committee on youth affairs.
