Culture Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the government will convert the former leprosarium in Ka Ho in Coloane into an arts education and training hub for young people, apart from being a tourist attraction.
Leong also said that among the six dilapidated Portuguese-style houses in the area, her bureau has completed the restoration of the five smaller ones, adding that her bureau will start to restore the larger one after coming up with a plan backed by experts in the field.
Leong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after she briefed Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng about her bureau’s ongoing tasks to convert the area where the six houses are located – known as Our Lady Village – into a youth arts education and training hub.
Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) Vice President Leong Wai Man (left) briefs Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (centre), other officials and reporters about at the government’s development plans for the former leprosarium in Ka Ho in Coloane yesterday. Leong and Tam paid a fact-finding visit to the area. Photo: GCS
