Colloquium on Code of Safety and Actions for Building and Bridge Structures – Wind Action and Seismic Action which organized by Direcção dos Serviços de Solos, Obras Públicas e Transportes (DSSOPT) and Civil Engineering Laboratory of Macau (LECM), co-organized by Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (IACM), Gabinete para o Desenvolvimento de Infra-estruturas (GDI), Macao Association of Building Contractors and Developers (MABCD), Macau Construction Association (MCA) e The Macau Institution of Engineers (AEM) was successfully held on 24-25 April, 2008 at the Auditorium of Cultural Centre.

We were pleasure to invite the Secretary for Transportation and Public Work of Macau SAR Eng. Lau Si Io as our honorable guest of the ceremony. The president of LECM Dr. Ao Peng Kong presented the introduction for the colloquium. Invited the experts from China, Portugal, Hong Kong and LECM colleagues as our speakers. The topics were mentioned as follow:

● Basic principles of Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong Wind Codes and Wind Tunnel Testing - Prof. K. M. Lam (University of Hong Kong)

● Wind Studies for Macau Wind Code - Prof. K. M. Lam (University of Hong Kong)

● Dangan Island Earthquake and Seismic Hazards in South China - Prof. K T Chau (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

● Seismic Codes in China - Prof. Quian Jiaru (Department of Civil Engineering, Tsingua University, Beijing)

● Seismic Studies for Macau Code - Dr. Jiang Hui (Earthquake Administration of Guangdong Province)

● Principles of Seismic Eurocode - Prof. João Paulo Miranda Guedes (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto)

● Presentation of Wind Code - Eng. António Carlos Metello (LECM)

● Presentation of the Seismic Code for Macau - Eng. António Carlos Metello (LECM)

● Application Examples - Eng. António Carlos Metello and Eng. Ana Luísa Coelho (LECM)

The response of this colloquium was overwhelming, all participants asked questions eagerly. For our promotion and revision of the regulation, it was the important step.

 Speech of Secretary for Transportation and Public Work of Macau