PLA Macao Garrison finishes 13th rotation

The Macao Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) successfully finished the 13th rotation on the morning of November 20, 2012 since its station in Macao.

The motorcade of the new troops of the Macao Garrison left the Zhengling Barracks in Zhuhai at 05:20, arrived in Macao by way of the Lotus Port, and held the defense affair handover ceremony with the outgoing troops of the Macao Garrison at the Taipa Barracks. The motorcade of the outgoing troops left for Zhuhai from the Taipa Barracks and the New Port Barracks respectively.

Maj. Gen. Zhu Qingsheng, commander of the PLA Macao Garrison, delivered a speech at the defense affair handover ceremony. He highly praised that the outgoing officers and men who would leave Macao had successfully fulfilled their missions and lived up to the trust, and urged the newly-arrived officers and men to shoulder the sacred missions and jointly make greater contributions in maintaining the long-term prosperity and stability and creating a better future of Macao.

Representatives of the newly-arrived officers and men said they would take the outgoing officers and men as examples and strictly, as always, abide by the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), the Law of the People's Republic of China on Garrisoning the Macao SAR and local laws and regulations, so as to be loyal guardians of Macao.

As a routine, the rotation was held in the early morning to avoid disturbance to Macao residents.