I was informed by PM Antonio Costa that the government will resign if the parliament approves in a final vote the initiative to restore the teacher’s service time. I'll approve of this.
Government legislation on teachers’ service time was approved. The restoration for now is two years, nine months and 18 days of the service time, and that counts towards automatic promotion and pay rises.
At the end of the State Visit to the People's Republic of China, the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), Dr. Fernando Chui Sai On, offered me a dinner at MGM Macau Hotel last night.
I have hosted a dinner with the Presidents of some of the largest Chinese companies with investments in various sectors of activity in Portugal at the Residence of the Portuguese Ambassador in Beijing.
I have participated in the II International Forum of the "Range & Rota" Forum for International Cooperation at the International Lake Yanqi Conference Center.
I have arrived at the Beijing International Airport and I was received by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Chao, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Lisbon, Ambassador Cai Run, and the Ambassador of Portugal in Beijing, Ambassador José Augusto Duarte.
I congratulate Professor Caetano Reis and Sousa for his recent election as Fellow of the Royal Society, being the first Portuguese to be elected in the last two hundred years.