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Macau Special Administrative Region
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 Located
west of the Pearl River estuary in Guangdong Province,
40 nautical miles west of Hong Kong, Macao¡¯s
24 sq km of area comprise the Macao Peninsula, Taipa Island
and Coloane Island. Macao has been a part of Chinese territory
since ancient times. In 1553, the Portuguese bribed local
government officials in Guangdong to gain permission to
drop anchor in Macao¡¯s harbor and engage in
trade. In 1557, the Portuguese began to settle nearby.
In the period following the Opium War of 1840, taking
advantage of the weakness of the Qing government, the
Portuguese successively seized Taipa and Coloane islands
to the south of the Macao Peninsula.
The government of the PRC has consistently maintained
that at the appropriate time a peaceful, negotiated solution
to this problem inherited from the past should be found.
Between June 1986 and March 1987, delegations from the
two governments held four rounds of talks. Finally, on
April 13, 1987, the ¡°Joint Declaration on the
Question of Macao by the Governments of the People¡¯s
Republic of China and the Republic of Portugal¡±
was formally signed in Beijing. On December 20, 1999,
the Chinese and Portuguese governments held a hand-over
ceremony as scheduled in accordance with the ¡°Joint
Declaration on the Question of Macao,¡± marking
the resumption of sovereignty by China over Macao. At
the same time, the Macao Special Administrative Region
(MSAR) was formally established, and the Basic Law of
the Macao Special Administrative Region, adopted in March
1993 at the First Session of the Eighth NPC, came into
effect. The Chinese government implements the basic policies
of ¡°one country, two systems,¡±
¡°administration of Macao by the Macao people¡±
and ¡°a high degree of autonomy¡±
in Macao, as stipulated by the Basic Law.
The MSAR enjoys a high degree of autonomy, and its political,
economic, cultural and educational systems are similar
to those of the HKSAR. Since the founding of the MSAR,
Ho Hau-Wah, the first Chief Executive, and the government
of the MSAR have scrupulously abided by their duties,
promoting Macao¡¯s economic development and
social stability and making the situation of public order
much better than the past.
Geological location:
located in the southeast of China,
between 113 east
longitude and 22north
latitude, more precisely on the western bank of the Pearl
River Delta, 38 nautical miles (70 kilometres) from Hong
Kong and some 145 kilometres from Guangzhou
Area: 23.8 square kilometers
Neighboring Areas: Guangdong
province, Hong Kong
Attractions
in Macau
Population: 450,000
Elevation
undulant and changeable topography
sloping down from northeast to westsouth; 4km from south
to north and 1.8km from west to east; mostly covered by
hills
Mountains: East Ocean Watching Hill, West Ocean Watching Hill, Persimmon Hill,
Lotus Hill, Luosi Hill and Qingzhou Hill
Climate:
sub-tropical
monsoon climate; hot and rainy in summer, dry and cold
in winter
Average
Temperature: 20C
with the highest of 32C
and the lowest of 5C
Rainfall: average
annual of 2013mm |
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