Unlike neighboring Hong Kong in 1997, there was no public backlash in Macau on the occasion of the handover, and no exodus of emigrants. Everything seemed smooth and orderly. But the people's primary concern was whether or not the incoming SAR administration would be capable of tackling difficult problems left behind by the Portuguese, particularly economic recession and declining public order.
比起隔鄰的香港，澳門九九治權轉移不見澳門民眾反彈，也沒有大量移民潮離去，看來十分平順，但是國際或澳門社會卻仍擔心回歸後特區政府團隊能否妥善處理葡澳政權遺留下來經濟、治安不佳等難題。