The government-initiated “Art Macao”, a six-month-long international art festival organised in conjunction with Macau’s six gaming operators, has a budget of 34.6 million patacas, the co-organisers announced yesterday.
According to the announcement, 16.6 million patacas will be borne by the government, while each of the six gaming operators will pay 3 million patacas.
The budget was revealed on the sidelines of the art-fest’s cooperation agreement signing ceremony between the government and the city’s three gaming concessionaires and three sub-concessionaires at Grand Lisboa yesterday.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (centre) speaks to reporters as Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Mok Ian Ian (from left to right), Tam’s Chief of Office Ip Peng Kin, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, and Higher Education Bureau (DSES) Director Sou Chio Fai look on, at the “Art Macao” agreement cooperation signing ceremony at Grand Lisboa yesterday. Photo: Monica Leong
