Macao Decree-Law No. 101/99/M on official languages

Gives Chinese and Portuguese equal dignity as official languages in Macao.

Citation

Macao Special Administrative Region. Decree-Law No. 101/99/M, December 13, 1999, Article 1.

The legal text says Chinese; this record does not substitute Cantonese or infer patterns of spoken use.

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