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The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Tam Chon Weng, has met with the Mayor of Porto, Portugal Mr Rui Moreira to exchange views on the co-operation in sports, tourism, and cultural affairs. In the meeting held in Porto on 17 July, Mr Tam and Mr Moreira discussed a string of activities, such as organising “Porto Week” in Macao and “Macao Week” in Porto in 2016, to broaden co-operation of the two places. Mr Tam visited a number of World Heritage sites in Porto to have better understating on the conservation of heritage, and visited the renowned Câmara Municipal the hall for musical performance to know better of its features, concept of design, construction and operation. Prior to his visit to Portugal, Mr Tam had visited the Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande in Cape Verde, where he learnt more the contribution of the Portuguese architect Mr Siza Vieira during the inscription on the World Heritage List in 2009. The Secretary took the opportunity to meet with Mr Vieira while in Porto to exchange views on heritage conservation
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