This year’s “Tap Siac Craft Market” features a total of 200 stalls. All cultural and creative entities and individuals are invited to register, in order to showcase and sell their original brands and products.
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and co-organised by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, this year’s “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 21 to 23 April, and from 28 to 30 April 2017 at Tap Siac Square. The Craft Market stall registration is open from 9 March (Thursday) and all cultural and creative entities and individuals are invited to register, in order to showcase and sell their original brands and products. The registration deadline is 5:45pm, 27 March 2017 (Monday).
This year’s “Tap Siac Craft Market” features a total of 200 stalls. In addition to local cultural and creative practitioners, IC will also invite participants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia, amongst others. Concurrently, music performances and handicraft workshops will be held for the public to enjoy diversified activities.
The “Tap Siac Craft Market” aims to promote original products, gathering cultural and creative practitioners who showcase their products and share their experience and creative ideas. Inaugurated in 2008, the “Tap Siac Craft Market” is Macao’s first large-scale integrated platform for display and sale of cultural and creative products. Every year the event attracts participants from Macao, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Korea and has been highly appreciated by both residents and tourists since its inception.
Applicants must be Macao residents; registration is free and can be made on behalf of a group or individually. IC will select stall operators considering the originality and peculiarity of their products. Application forms are now available at the Department for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (Cultural Affairs Bureau Building) or can be downloaded at IC’s website (www.icm.gov.mo) and at the Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website (www.macaucci.com).
Applicants must submit all required documents together with the completed application form to the Department for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries in person or by email to knwong@icm.gov.mo or kkho@icm.gov.mo during the specific period of time stated in the Application Form. For details, please visit the Tap Siac Craft Market page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MacaoCraftMarket). For enquiries, please contact Ms. Wong, staff member of the Department for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries of IC, through tel. no. (853) 8399 6288 or 8399 6255 during office hours.
