Stanley Ho said he was "greatly honoured" to have been appointed one of the Preparatory Committee's nine Vice-Chairmen, adding he knew that the appointment amounted to a  "great responsibility". 

     Susana Chou described the setting-up of the Preparatory Committee as a "historic event". "I feel honoured that I have been appointed a Vice-Chairman of the Preparatory Committee."

      Ma Man Kei said the fact that 60 per cent of the Preparatory Committee members were from Macau was proof of the Chinese government's commitment to ist policy of "Macau people ruling Macau". 

     Ng Fok who is a Vice-Chairman of the Preparatory Committee, said the formation of the Preparatory Committee was a "big event" for Macau, adding the Preparatory Committee's membership structure "represents a broad section of Macau residents". He also stated that "Macau people should cherish this important moment and unite to make contributions to the realisation of the policy of One Country, Two Systems, under the principle of Macau people ruling Macau." 

     The other four Preparatory Committee members from the WTCM Board are: WTC Macau Board Vice-Chairman Vitor Ng, Executive Committee Director Tam Pak Yuen, General Assembly Vice-President Liu Chak Wan and General Assembly Secretary Leong Song. 

    One of the working-group conveners of the Preparatory Committee in Charge of Economic Affairs Vitor Ng said he thought "the most difficult job for the Preparatory Committee is to find the right way to help solve Macau's economic and security 

     The Preparatory Committee will prepare the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region, namely its 
future government and the selection of Macau's first Chinese chief executive by a 200-member Selection Committee that will be formed in due course. 

     Macau will become a highly autonomous Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on 20 December next year, after about 442 years of Portuguese administration.