Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture

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The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture (Chinese: 社會文化司; Portuguese: Secretariado para os Assuntos Sociais e Cultura) is a department of the Macau Government. The Secretariat is responsible for the education, health, tourism, social affairs and culture issues in the region.

The current department took over the role formerly held by the:

• Secretary for Social Affairs and Budget (Portuguese: Secretariado para os Assuntos Sociais e Orçamento)
• Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture (Portuguese: Secretariado para as Comunicações, Turismo e Cultura)

Organisational structure[]

• Health Bureau
• Education and Youth Affairs Bureau
• Cultural Affairs Bureau
• , to be moved to the Secretariat for Economy and Finance by February 1, 2021.^[1]
• Social Welfare Bureau
• Tertiary Education Services Office
• Institute of Tourism Studies
• Macau Tourism Office in Portugal
• University of Macau
• Macau Polytechnic Institute

List of Secretaries[]

No.	Image	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Term
1		Fernando Chui Sai On 崔世安	20 December 1999	20 December 2004	1
			20 December 2004	12 May 2009	2
During this interval, Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah was the Interim Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture. (12 May 2009 - 20 December 2009)
2		Cheong U 張裕	20 December 2009	20 December 2014	3
3		Alexis Tam Chong Veng 譚俊榮	20 December 2014	20 December 2019	4
4		歐陽瑜	20 December 2019	Incumbent Term ends on 20 December 2024	5

Former Officials[]

• Dr. - Secretary for Communications, Tourism and Culture

See also[]

Other principal officials of Macau:

• Secretariat for Administration and Justice
• Secretariat for Economy and Finance
• Secretariat for Security
• Secretariat for Transport and Public Works

References[]

External links[]

• Organization Chart of the MSAR