New DICJ Director Pledges to “serve with integrity”

Adriano Ho, the former advisor to Macau’s Secretary for Security, has joined Macau’s Gaming of Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) as director. The inauguration ceremony for the new director was held on Wednesday. At the ceremony, he pledged to “serve the public with integrity” while monitoring and supervising Macau’s gaming industry.

The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wei Nong. The Secretary expressed his confidence in the new DICJ Director, underlining the fact Mr Ho brings with him extensive experience and professional competence in monitoring gaming activities.

Ho, a key advisor to Macau’s Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak since 2014, was previously head of the Macao Sub-Bureau of the China National Central Bureau of INTERPOL from 2004 to 2010, head of the Judiciary Police Criminal Investigation Department from 2010 to 2012 and head of the Gaming-related and Economic Crimes Investigation Department from 2012 to 2014.

Ho promised at his inauguration to implement the SAR’s governance, to strengthen the application of information technology in his daily works to enhance efficiency and to further improve the internal management of the department.