The General Union for the Good of Macau (simplified Chinese: 爱澳联盟; traditional Chinese: 愛澳聯盟, Portuguese: União Geral para O Bem-querer de Macau) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau, a former Portuguese possession. Macau is a state in which political parties, as such, don't play a role. Instead, some civic groups put forward lists at the elections and might be considered parties. At the last elections in Macau, 25 September 2005, the group won 6.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of 12 popular elected seats.
Read more about General Union For The Good Of Macau: Elected Members
Famous quotes containing the words general and/or union:
“We ought, says Kant, to become acquainted with the instrument, before we undertake the work for which it is to be employed; for if the instrument be insufficient, all our trouble will be spent in vain. The plausibility of this suggestion has won for it general assent and admiration.... But the examination can be only carried out by an act of knowledge. To examine this so-called instrument is the same as to know it.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Thus piteously Love closed what he begat:
The union of this ever-diverse pair!
These two were rapid falcons in a snare,
Condemned to do the flitting of the bat.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)