The Government would soon launch a general study on population and immigration policies, the Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, disclosed today.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event today, Mr Chui said the Government had gathered opinions on the investment residency policy from various sectors of the community and reviewed the history of the policy, a scheme which was suspended in April 2007.

Mr Chui said the Government would gather more opinions on the scheme and that it had not decided whether to abolish it at this stage.

The Government would comprehensively review the overall population and immigration policy in order to attract the appropriate talents and investments that would benefit Macao.

Mr Chui said the Government was fully concerned about the people’s livelihood and would help solve the housing issue.