Registration for creative handicraft workshops of the “Tap Siac Craft Market” in spring is now open

Date of publication: 25/03/2021
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Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the “Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 16 to 18 April and from 23 to 25 April at Tap Siac Square, featuring various creative handicraft workshops. The fee for each handicraft workshop is MOP50. All interested parties can register for the workshops through the Tap Siac Craft Market website from 26 March.

The Tap Siac Craft Market features a total of 36 creative handicraft workshops, including 8 sessions for families to participate in and enjoy the fun of handicrafts. For more information about the dates and contents of the workshops, as well as registration, please visit the Tap Siac Craft Market website at www.craftmarket.gov.mo. The deadline for online registration is 5pm on 1 April. Each person may register for up to two workshops but only once per workshop (only children will be counted for family workshops). Successful applicants will be selected by drawing lots and will be notified on 8 April. The selected applicants should pay the registration fees at the designated locations within the specified period of time. Registered applicants who arrive ten minutes after the workshop starts will lose their place and will be replaced by on-site applicants on the waiting list. For details, please refer to the “Registration Notes”.

The selection results will be announced on the Tap Siac Craft Market website and the “Craft Market” page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MacaoCraftMarket. If there are vacancies left for the workshops, interested parties can register on-site and pay the registration fees during the Tap Siac Craft Market on 16 and 23 April respectively, from 5pm onwards. In addition, the organiser will distribute the tickets to on-site applicants at the venue 30 minutes before the workshop starts. Any latecomers to the workshops will be replaced by the on-site applicants on the waiting list accordingly.

IC will monitor the development of the pandemic, strictly follow the relevant guidelines of the Health Bureau and implement appropriate measures for the activities. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Zhou, staff member of IC, through tel. no. 8399 6289 during office hours.