The three-day Lusofonia Festival, which was due to kick off on Friday, will be postponed to next Friday due to Typhoon Haima, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.
The bureau is the organiser of the event.
Typhoon Sarika skirted the city yesterday, but weather stations around the region forecast that Typhoon Haima would make a landfall in Guangdong on Friday.
The IC statement said that due to the possible impact of Typhoon Haima and for the safety of residents, tourists and participants, the 19th Lusofonia Festival would now be held from October 28 to 30, a week later than scheduled.
