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 […]
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The government is looking into the criteria required to lodge an application with UNESCO next year to designate Macau as a “city of gastronomy” in the UN body’s Creative Cities Network, Macao Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Monday. She made the remarks after attending a plenary meeting of […]
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is drafting a restoration plan for the Cheng Kok Sim Lam Pavilion at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed A-Ma Temple, where a fire broke out on Wednesday morning, the bureau’s Cultural Heritage Department Chief Leong Wai Man said on Thursday, adding that it would take at least one year to repair […]
The wall of a building, which was being renovated, collapsed and damaged the listed Lou Kau Mansion next to it on Thursday. The government-run mansion, which is used as a temporary exhibition hall, is one of 20 sites which form the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Historic Centre of Macau. The two-storey grey-brick courtyard house in Travessa […]
The government will try its best to preserve Macau’s cultural heritage for every generation, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged in an audio message released on his official website on Tuesday, admitting that there was room for improvement in revitalizing the city’s historic buildings. This year is the 10th anniversary of the inscription of […]