The three "localizations" -of civil administration, the law, and official language-have become a focus of public discussion. Concern has been expressed that responsibility has been passed to local administrators too late, and that they are too young and inexperienced-statistics from the department of civil service reveal that 61 % of government officials are 40 or under-to deal effectively with problems facing the newly established SAR.
「文官本地化、法律本地化、官方語言中文化」的「三化」問題是社會討論焦點，許多人擔心，將要負起重任的文官團隊接棒太晚，政府團隊太過年輕──根據公職司的統計，澳門政府官員百分之六十五的比例在四十歲以下──做事或行政經驗稍嫌不足，無法妥善處理澳門政權轉移後的政務。