 And, the US Consul General for Hong Kong and Macau publicly highlighted the need for an equitable environment for US businesses, with a transparent rule of law guaranteeing investor rights.Hearings began on May 31, 2012, focusing the actions of Macau's Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Lau Si Io, who acted with disregard for established official procedures.Viva Macau's former director of engineering, Yok Cheow Lee, is quoted as saying that in his 40 years in the aviation industry he had not “come across any airline being terminated suddenly without a warning and a period of time to justify [why it was having problems].” Air Macau stated during the first hearing that it had to terminate the sub concession contract due to government pressure.