The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “Coordination and Management of Road Works”, which revealed that the performance of Road Works Coordination Group was unsatisfactory, and the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred as “IACM” according to Portuguese abbreviation), had deficiencies in the assessment of construction work permit and the implementation of weekly coordination meetings; also, there were many irregularities in the supervision of the progress and execution of road works.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “The Wireless Broadband System─WiFi Go”, which revealed that the former Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation (hereinafter referred to as DSRT according to Portuguese abbreviation) has obvious deficiencies in the “WiFi Go” program , such as its planning, service supervision, installation of WiFi access points and settlement.

The Commissioner of Audit Ho Veng On today (17) presented the “Audit Report on the General Account 2015” to the Legislative Assembly. Introducing the report, Ho Veng On said that the Commission of Audit (CA) received the General Account 2015 from the Financial Services Bureau at the end of May this year, and completed the audit in accordance with all applicable regulations and rules by the end of September. After examining the detail of “Government’s Integrated Ordinary Account” and “Special Institutions’ Aggregated Account”, which together formed the General Account, CA prepared the “Audit Report on the General Account 2015”. The Commissioner of Audit expressed an unqualified opinion on the General Account 2015.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “Management of Municipal Leisure Facilities by Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau”. According to the observation on the randomly selected locations, CA discovered that numerous facilities were damaged and even some of them had latent safety problems. As to the management of municipal leisure facilities, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred as “IACM” according to Portuguese abbreviation) indicated that mechanism for periodic inspection and maintenance has already set up to detect and also follow up the facilities and environmental hygiene problems at an early stage; for those facilities which has potential hazards but cannot be repaired immediately, safety precautions would be taken, such as removing or enclosing the related facilities. However, the audit result revealed that the relative mechanism of IACM is clearly inadequate on its formulation and execution, and equally the safety precautions fail to perform fully.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released a performance audit report on the planning and construction of government office buildings, which revealed that the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (hereinafter referred to as “DSSOPT” according to Portuguese abbreviation) failed to actively take action on the overall planning of government office buildings, the planning of political and judicial area in New Urban Zone, and the construction of government office buildings. According to the information collected by CA, there were 68 departments renting workplaces and parking spaces from 2004 to 2015; and from 2004 to 2014, the expenditure on rent and first renovation was nearly 4 billion and about 1.03 billion respectively.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “The Outsourced Services of Consultant, Research and Public Opinion Poll”, in which CA examined the executive situation of Macau SAR government in related outsourced services; at the beginning of the examination, all public departments were requested to fill in information about outsourced services approved in the period from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2013 through the computer program designed and explored by CA; according to the information received, there were a total of 1,514 outsourced services such as consultants, researches, public opinion polls and other similar services during the three-and-a-half-year period by 65 departments with an expenditure exceeding 1.4 billion patacas. Considering extensive departments and fields were involved in the relative services and a considerable amount of public funds was invested, CA had to follow and analyze the awarding procedures of relative services. This audit reviewed 280 high risk projects upon established standards, of these projects, 81 existed problems. The problematic projects comprised 3 from Panda Fund, 7 from Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), 10 from Transport Bureau (DSAT), 37 from Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), 18 from Macau Foundation and 6 from Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL).

The Commissioner of Audit Ho Veng On presented today (12) the “Audit Report on the General Account 2014” to the Legislative Assembly. Introducing the report, Ho Veng On said the Commission of Audit (CA) received the “General Account 2014” from the Financial Services Bureau at the end of May this year, and completed the audit in accordance with all applicable regulations and rules by the end of September, by preparing the “Audit Report on the General Account 2014” in examining the “Government’s Integrated Ordinary Account” and the “Special Entities’ Aggregated Account”, which together formed the General Account. The Commissioner of Audit expressed an unqualified opinion on the General Account 2014.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “The Supervision on Financial Subsidy for Private Schools”, in which CA examined whether the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (hereinafter referred as “DSEJ”) and the Education Development Fund (hereinafter referred as “the Fund”) supervised the supported private schools appropriately and ensured them comply with relative regulations after receiving subsidies; when problems emerged from private schools, whether DSEJ and the Fund took proper measures to request private schools to improve, as well as utilized the subsidy information of private school in an effective way to assure the prudent use of subsidies. Revealing lots of deficiencies in different working process of DSEJ and the Fund, the report proposed audit opinions and suggestions for the optimization and better fulfillment of the system related.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has released the performance audit report “Assessment, Approval and Distribution of Financial Assistance”, in which CA revealed that The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) was deficient in assessing the subsidy application and supervising the distribution of cash subsidy, failed to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the evaluation, and to the timely allocation of all subsidies to beneficiaries.

The Commission of Audit (CA) has just released the performance audit report “The management of the construction project of Taipa Central Park”. The audit report revealed that The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), the department which is responsible for the construction projects, did not properly consult with user departments nor consider adequately the users’ suggestions during the implementation of the project. The unilateral decision of changing the design during the construction period, resulting in additional works was needed. The report also revealed that there were deficiencies of DSSOPT in monitoring the execution of the contract and provisional acceptance procedure after the project was completed. These deficiencies of DSSOPT led to waste of time and resources and, in certain circumstances, might have constituted safety risks to the facilities users.