MACAO Trenton Cannon Shirt , Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Macao Chief Executive Chui Sai On has pledged to give priority to comprehensively implementing the "One country, Two systems" policy and the Basic Law, which he said would be the top principle for his governance of Macao in the next five years.


"The achievements in Macao have highlighted the great vitality of the 'One country, Two systems' policy," Chui told Xinhua on the eve of the 15th anniversary of Macao's return to China.


Chui Chris Herndon Shirt , 57, will be sworn in as the fourth-term chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 20 after winning a reelection on Aug. 31.


"The past 15 years since Macao's return to the motherland is the fastest-growing period in Macao," he said, citing a rapidly developing economy, ever-improving livelihood Joe Namath Shirt , and a harmonious and stable society in the region.


The SAR's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 413.47 billion patacas (51.76 billion U.S. dollars) last year from 50.27 billion patacas in 1999, with an average annual growth of 16.2 percent. The GDP per capita jumped from 15,000 dollars in 1999 to 87,000 dollars in 2003, which ranks the second highest in Asia and fourth in the world.


Meanwhile Leonard Williams Shirt , the unemployment rate has dropped from 6.3 percent upon Macao's return to China in 1999 to 1.7 percent. The average monthly income has tripled to 15,000 patacas from 4,920 patacas and the life expectancy of local citizens has risen from 80.7 years in 1999 to 85, the second longest in the world.


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