The government-appointed Cultural Heritage Council yesterday held a secret ballot to decide whether an old house in Rua da Barca should be added to the government’s cultural heritage protection list.
Thirteen of the 16 members of the council who attended yesterday’s council meeting and cast their votes opted for the building’s exclusion from the list, while three members supported its inclusion.
Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng, the council’s vice president, made the announcement after a closed-door meeting of the council at the Cultural Centre in Nape.
Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng talks to reporters yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape. Photo: Ian Sio Tou
Residents walk past the old house at the junction of Rua da Barca and Rua de Manuel de Arriaga in January. Photos: Leong Lok Ian
This photo taken on Tuesday shows the old house (left), one of five buildings next to the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Ka Ho, that is included in the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) restoration plan for this year. Photo: Ian Sio Tou
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