Delivering a speech during the 10th China-Japan-South Korea Cultural Ministers’ Meeting in Harbin, the capital of the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that Macau is serving as an important place for people-to-people bonds and cultural exchanges between the three East Asian countries, according to a statement by Tam’s office yesterday.
The statement did not mention how many days the annual meeting, which had its opening ceremony on Wednesday, lasts this year.
In yesterday’s meeting, the central government’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang, Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yoshimasa Hayashi, and South Korea’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan delivered their keynote speeches on behalf of their countries, the statement said.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (centre, front) delivers a speech during yesterday’s 10th China-Japan-South Korea Cultural Ministers’ Meeting in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, as Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang (left, front) looks on. Photo: Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture
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