- An MFTU service centre in the Edifício do Lago building in Taipa
- An MFTU-owned "workers' stadium" near the border with mainland China
Macau Federation of Trade Unions | |
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Chinese name | 澳門工會聯合總會 |
Portuguese name | Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau |
President | Ho Sut Heng |
Chairperson | Lee Chong Cheng |
Founded | 20 January 1950 |
Headquarters | Federation of Trade Unions Building, 2–6 Rua da Ribeira do Patane, Macau |
Membership (2010) | 50,000+ |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | All-China Federation of Trade Unions |
Regional affiliation | Pro-Beijing |
Colours | Red |
Legislative Assembly | 4 / 33 |
Website | |
www.faom.org.mo | |
Macau Federation of Trade Unions | |||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 澳門 工會 聯合 總 會 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 澳门工会联合总会 | ||||||||||||
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Abbreviation | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 工聯總會 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 工联总会 | ||||||||||||
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Portuguese | Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau |
The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU) [a] is a pro-Beijing,leftist,labour and political group in Macau. [1] It is the largest and most influential labour group in the city,with over 50,000 members in 43 associated trade unions. [2] Presided by Ho Sut Heng [3] and chaired by Lee Chong Cheng, [4] it currently holds four seats in the Legislative Assembly. [5]
The MFTU and a few other pro-Beijing organisations formed an electoral alliance named the Union for Development in the run-up to the 1992 legislative and municipal elections.[ citation needed ]
The MFTU is one of the three major pro-Beijing organisations which have dominated politics in Macau since the 1999 handover,the other two being the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau. [6]
Four members of the MFTU were elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2021 legislative election. They were Lam Lon Wai,Lei Chan U,Ella Lei Cheng I,and Leong Sun Iok. [5]
MFTU formed the party list of Union for Development (Chinese :同心協進會;Portuguese :União para o Desenvolvimento) for legislative elections.
Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | EC seats | Total seats | +/− |
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1992 | 6,543 | 23.75 | 2 | 2 / 23 | — | ||
1996 | 10,525 | 14.52 | 1 | 1 / 23 | 1![]() | ||
2001 | 12,990 | 16.04 | 2 | 2 / 27 | 1![]() | ||
2005 | 16,596 | 13.29 | 2 | 2 / 29 | 0![]() | ||
2009 | 21,098 | 14.88 | 2 | 2 / 29 | 0![]() | ||
2013 | 11,960 | 8.16 | 1 | 1 / 33 | 1![]() | ||
2017 | 16,696 | 9.67 | 2 | 2 / 33 | 1![]() | ||
2021 | 23,761 | 17.99 | 2 | 2 / 33 | 0![]() | ||
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