The Macao Public Library network, which comprises 16 libraries, has launched a free book delivery service in line with the policy direction of the government’s “Ten-Year Plan for Rehabilitation Services from 2016 to 2025”.
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Macau’s public libraries reopened on Monday after being closed for over a month due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Macau’s public libraries, museums and other cultural venues will gradually and partially reopen from Monday, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has failed to properly carry out processing tasks for its purchased books – such as their registration in its library catalogue system, sorting and cataloguing – so that a large number of books are still not on the bookshelves in its libraries for residents to use despite being purchased many years ago, the Commission of Audit (CA) said in a hard-hitting report Wednesday.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is keen to revitalize the territory this year by organizing several initiatives. During IC’s Spring Luncheon, held on Monday at the Grand Lisboa Hotel, the bureau introduced projects that are divided into six different areas: “New Cultural Scene,” “Cultural Heritage,” “Cultural and Creative Industries,” “Cultural Events,” “Public Libraries,” and “Culture […]
In the second quarter of 2015, a total of 290,100 individuals participated in cultural activities, according to a survey conducted by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The cultural activity participation rate (percentage of individuals in the population aged 16 and above participating in cultural activities) was 52.8 percent, down by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year. […]
