“Tap Siac Craft Market” opens on Friday
Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 16 to 18 November and from 23 to 25 November for two consecutive weekends (Fridays to Sundays), at Tap Siac Square. The opening ceremony will be held on 16 November, at 6pm. The Craft Market features an array of diverse activities. All are welcome to participate and purchase cultural and creative products.
The “Tap Siac Craft Market” is held from 5pm to 10pm on Fridays and from 3pm to 10pm on Saturdays and Sundays, featuring a total of 220 booths of participants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia, among others, showing the public various distinctive cultural and creative products, such as handmade accessories, leather products, drawings, home furnishings, creative potted plants and natural handmade products, among others. In addition, the Craft Market offers 38 creative handicraft workshops to teach the participants the creative handicraft skills, and hosts 40 performances to present local and foreign original music.
During the period of the Tap Siac Craft Market, Zeng Dejun, known as the “Father of Tube Radio” in Mainland China, was invited to host a talk entitled “Originality of a Radio Lover—Zeng Dejun’s Dream of Radio”, in which he will tell his love story with the radio and share his insights on successful branding and marketing. The talk will be held on 17 November, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Macao Museum’s Auditorium, and will be open to the general public.
For more information about the programme and booklet of the “Tap Siac Craft Market”, please visit the Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website (www.macaucci.gov.mo), or the “Macao Craft Market” page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MacaoCraftMarket), or the Cultural Affairs Bureau website (www.icm.gov.mo). For enquiries, please contact Ms. Zhou, staff member of IC, through tel. no. 8399 6289 during office hours.