The budget for the 8th China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Cultural Week opening next week is around 8 million patacas, about 9 percent lower than the previous year, in response to the government’s policy to cut-back on public spending, according to one of the officials preparing the annual event.
The event will last from October 24 until 27. Cristina Morais, the local government-appointed deputy secretary-general of the Supporting Office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries, revealed details of the event during a press conference on the premises of the office.
Three solo contemporary art exhibitions of artists from East Timor, Macau and Portugal mark the beginning of the cultural week. Culinary presentations, handicraft markets and plays as well as music and dance performances from Portuguese-speaking countries will also be featured.
Vicente Manuel (centre), deputy secretary-general of the Supporting Office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries, speaks at a press conference yesterday about the Sino-Lusophone Cultural Week, flanked by Civic and Municipal Affairs Administration Committee member Ma Kam Keong (left) and the Macau-government-appointed deputy secretary-general of the office, Cristina Morais. Photo: Annie Cheung
