Infrastructure

Tam Vai Man: from IACM to the Environmental Protection Bureau and now the Transport and Public Works portfolio — a 36-year engineer-administrator

Tam Vai Man

Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the Macao SAR since 20 December 2024. Born in Macao in 1960, he holds a BSc in Civil Engineering with an Urban Planning minor from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, a Master of Laws in Public Administration from Sun Yat-sen University, and an MSc in Civil Engineering (Environmental and Hydraulic) from the University of Macau. He joined the Macao Municipal Council in 1988 and rose through the civic-administration apparatus to chair the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Management Committee from 2007 to March 2016, then served as Director of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) until December 2024 — concurrently as acting Director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) for a year after Typhoon Hato (September 2017 – September 2018). As Secretary he oversees land, public works, transport, housing, maritime affairs and water, and cartography, and chairs the Urban Renewal Committee — handling the Hengqin LRT line, the Qingmao checkpoint, the Urban Master Plan revision, urban renewal, taxi and ride-hailing legislation, and the new Maritime Areas Law.