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Day: September 21, 2016

Macau government plans to turn ex-leprosarium into tourist attraction

Macau government plans to turn ex-leprosarium into tourist attraction

The government plans to convert the former leper colony in Ka Ho village in Coloane into a tourist attraction, a part of which is to repair half a dozen Portuguese-style houses in the hamlet. The plan to the make the village a tourist attraction was first mooted when Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis […]
Macau government to pay 22 million patacas for tourism forum

Macau government to pay 22 million patacas for tourism forum

The budget for next month’s Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) is about 45 million patacas, of which about half will be paid by the government, Ip Peng Kin, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, said on Tuesday. Ip made the remarks at Macau Tower during a press conference for the 5th GTEF, […]