2017 AL budget down to MOP182.3 million

The 2017 fiscal budget of the MSAR Legislative Assembly (AL) will total MOP182.3 million (US$22.8 million) for 2017, as announced yesterday in an official dispatch published in the Official Gazette and signed by the President of the Legislative Assembly, Ho Iat Seng. The amount budgeted for next year’s AL represents a slight decrease of 0.88 per cent, or MOP1.61 million year-on-year. The finalized amount of the fiscal budget for next year was agreed on by all legislators via a vote. The budget meeting was held at the Legislative Assembly two weeks ago.