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A government group has been established to oversee large-scale events

The group will be tasked with preventing the problems that plagued the Seventeen concert in January.

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The government has announced the immediate creation of an interdepartmental task group to coordinate and handle applications for large-scale outdoor events in public facilities. 

According to a Chief Executive dispatch published yesterday, the 15-member group is to be led by social affairs and culture secretary Elsie Ao Ieong U. 

Other members include the head of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Leong Wai Man; the director of the Macao Government Tourism Board Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes; and representatives from departments such as the Transport Bureau, the Public Security Police and the Municipal Affairs Bureau.

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The group will handle applications for large-scale outdoor events and coordinate with the relevant government departments to ensure that events are carried out in a safe and systematic manner.

The establishment of the cross-departmental group was a result of the Seventeen K-pop concerts in the Olympics Sports Centre stadium in January, which sparked a backlash from the local community due to the noise and traffic problems that they caused. 

The concerts also caused damage to the stadium’s pitch, resulting in the venue’s current closure.

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