1999年5月15日,澳门沦为殖民地400年来首次由澳门人推举出了自己的行政长官——何厚铧。1999年5月24日,国务院总理朱镕基在北京钓鱼台国宾馆代表国务院,向何厚铧颁发了澳门特别行政区第一任行政长官的国务院令。至此,澳门人民终于有了自己的华人行政长官,终于尝到了当家作主的扬眉吐气滋味。 On May 15, 1999, for the first time in 400 years, Macao became a colony and its own chief executive, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, was elected by the Mogan. On May 24, 1999, Premier Zhu Rongji, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on behalf of the State Council, issued a directive of the State Council of the first Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region to Edmund Ho. At this point, the people of Macau finally have their own Chinese chief executive finally tasted the sense of pride as a masters of their own affairs.