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Macau government insists on location of new central library

Macau government insists on location of new central library

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said Tuesday on the sidelines of a regular Cultural Heritage Council meeting that the government had already made up its mind to build the new central library at the Old Courthouse. Ung also said the bidding process for the library’s detailed design plan would start later […]
Giant inflatable lantern rabbit displayed in Macau

Giant inflatable lantern rabbit displayed in Macau

A 11-metre tall inflatable rabbit and 40 rabbit lanterns, designed by architect Carlos Marreiros and local and Beijing artists were displayed on Saturday in the waterfront of Nam Van Lake promenade of One Central Macau to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival and the annual “Macao International Fireworks Display Contest.” Measuring 18-metre in length and 11-metre in […]
Macau government plans to start central library construction in 2019

Macau government plans to start central library construction in 2019

Construction to turn the heritage-protected Old Courthouse in Nam Van into the city’s new central library, a project estimated to cost about 900 million patacas not including the “detailed design” costs, is due to start in 2019, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said on Tuesday. Ung made the comments during a […]
South China Book Festival first time to have Macau Pavilion

South China Book Festival first time to have Macau Pavilion

The 2016 South China Book Festival, which will include a Macau Pavilion for the first time, will be held at the Canton Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou from Thursday to August 25th , the Oral History Association of Macau announced during a press conference on Wednesday. The annual book fair has been co-hosted by the […]
30th Macao International Music Festival to take place in October

30th Macao International Music Festival to take place in October

Details for the 30th Macao International Music Festival (FIM) were unveiled Thursday at the Center of Tourism Activities, with 20 programs and 27 performances set to be part of the annual event. The festival will be held at a variety of cultural locations around Macau, including Arte Nam Van, the Macao Museum, the Dom Pedro V Theater and […]
Macau prepares to propose new heritage sites to UNESCO

Macau prepares to propose new heritage sites to UNESCO

The Macau government is preparing new heritage site in the to be presented to UNESCO with a view to including them on the world heritage list, the President of the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM) told newspaper Hoje Macau. Ung Vai Meng also said that by December this year three sections of the ancient walls […]
Alexis Tam announces memorial to patriotic musician in Macau

Alexis Tam announces memorial to patriotic musician in Macau

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Monday the government planned to develop two Portuguese-style houses into a memorial to local musician and patriot Xian Xinghai, adding that the project was expected to be completed within the next two years. Xian, who was born in Macau in 1905, was one […]
16th edition of Macau Fringe Festival to take place only in 2017

16th edition of Macau Fringe Festival to take place only in 2017

The 16th edition of the Macau City Fringe Festival, which was expected for this November has been postponed to January 2017. The information was disclosed by the head of the Department of Cultural Events of Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Kent Ieong. Ieong was speaking during a meeting with the press organized by the IC on […]
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