MACAO, Oct. 17(Xinhuanet)-- Macao's newly grouped Legislative Assembly(LA) was sworn in here at the Government Headquarters on Monday.

The 29 LA members re-elected Susana Chou as the president of the third-term legislature.

Among the members, 22 were elected through the September polls and seven were appointed by Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region(MSAR), earlier this month.

Under the Basic Law of the MSAR, the main functions of the LA are to enact laws, examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure, and monitor the work of the government. Enditem