Macau (MNA) – The Legislative Assembly (AL) 2nd Standing Committee has initiated the discussion of the proposed law of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme of diamond in the city on Wednesday, which has to come into force on October 1 this year. In order to match the set effective date, the law has to be passed on the AL plenary session before August 15 – the adjourn period of AL, the president of the Committee, Chan Chak Mo said. According to the president, the first discussion went well and next meeting could invite representatives from the government to clarify some details and questions in the draft. Legislators did not raise many questions for the bill, with the committee chairman Chan expecting the opinions draft could be signed ‘shortly’ if the meeting with the government goes smoothly. One of doubts raised by legislators pertained to the interconnection of import, export and transport information for diamonds between Macau and the United Nations, and how to protect data privacy. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme by the United Nations in 2003 and was set for preventing ‘blood diamonds’ to enter the diamond market.
Macau 's Legislative Assembly 2nd parliamentary Committee met this week to initiate talks on changes proposed to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for diamond extraction and exportation . According to the chairman of the committee , ng Chak Mo , discussions on the implementation of the new scheme went well and the only question raised over the bill was how information would be shared between Macau and the United Nations . The Kimberley Process Certification scheme was developed by the united Nations in 2003 to prevent the trafficking of ' blood diamonds ' .