 According to the Macau court registry website the Viva Macau hearings were scheduled for May/June 2012.The Viva Macau case comes at a time of increasing questions about rule of law in Macau.In October 2011, the chairman of the local supreme court publicly criticized the Macau government, citing poor decision making in many administrative procedures “resulting from lack of knowledge about the laws and regulations.”  The head of the Macau Legal Association cited concerns about bias in the Macau courts in favor of the local government in administrative appeal cases.