Macau to extend land and sea administrative area
Former Portuguese enclave's territorial waters will be increased by an area of 85 sq km
Macau will have a larger land and sea territory after the central government approved a new draft of a demarcation of its administrative domain yesterday.
Under the plan approved by the State Council, the territorial waters of the former Portuguese enclave will be extended eastwards and southwards by an area of 85 square kilometres.
The site, accommodating the Border Gate building over the Guangdong-Macau border, will also come under the city's administration.
Except for some sections, the middle line of the Canal Dos Patos at the city's northern border with Zhuhai will be the new administrative boundary.
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The newly assigned territory will be governed by Macau, and ruled by Macau law, a spokesman of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office was quoted as saying by Xinhua.