In a regular meeting of the government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council yesterday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng called for strengthened efforts in civil society to ensure that the city’s listed cultural heritage sites are always properly protected, by citing Monday’s blaze that gutted the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday.
According to the statement, Tam, who chairs the council, expressed regret and concern about the fire in the French capital at the beginning of yesterday’s meeting, saying that the catastrophe served as a warning to remind Macau’s civil society about the need to protect the city’s cultural heritage sites.
Citing the Notre-Dame fire, Tam urged the Cultural Affairs Bureau, which he oversees, to strengthen its communication with the owners of privately-owned but officially-listed cultural heritage sites in the city, with the aim of ensuring that the properties are always properly protected, according to the statement. During the meeting, IC officials insisted that the bureau has always been paying close attention to the fire safety of the city’s cultural heritage sites.
