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Court affirms Macao's election result

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-08-03 18:49

The Court of Final Appeals in the Macao Special Adminsitrative Region (SAR) published the Chief Executive election results in the SAR's official newspaper today, officially confirming that Chui Sai On has won a third term as Chief Executive, chinanews.com reported.

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The chief judge of the court, Cen Haohui, said the court automatically affirms the results if there are no appeals filed within the legal time limit after the July 26 election.

Chui, 52, was the only candidate on the ballot, and won 282 of the 296 votes cast by 297 election committee members present. Fourteen voted by absentee ballot.

Chui will take office on December 20 and serve a five-year term after his appointment receives formal approval from Beijing.