Sands China Celebrates SAR 20th Anniversary with Local Community with Macao Creative Pop-Up Store
(Macao,
November
30, 2019) –
In celebration of the
20th anniversary of Macao’s handover to
China, Sands China Ltd. is launching the
Macao Creative Pop-Up Store
– a platform for local nongovernmental
organisations and designers to display and
sell their arts and craft products to guests
and visitors at The Venetian®
Macao.
Supported by the
Macao Government Tourism Office, the
Cultural Affairs Bureau, and the Social
Welfare Bureau, the initiative provides a
unique opportunity for disadvantaged groups
in Macao to showcase their talents, thereby
contributing to the continued development of
Macao’s cultural and creative industries –
part of Sands China’s commitment to the
local Macao
community.
“Sands China is
proud to be a member of the Macao community,
and we are glad to seize the opportunity
provided by the 20th anniversary of the SAR
to give something back and to celebrate this
exciting milestone with the local
community,” said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president
of Sands China Ltd. “This event reinforces
our commitment to bolster Macao’s cultural
and creative industries, and to support some
of the local organisations that provide such
important services to the Macao community.
We look forward to our continued
collaboration together as Macao moves into
its next 20 years of growth and
development.”
The Macao
Creative Pop-Up Store has been
built for four local nongovernmental
organisations to display and sell their arts
and craft products until Dec. 20 in a prime
location at The Venetian Macao – where daily
visitation surpasses 100,000. The free
platform gives Macau IC2 Association, Fuhong
Society of Macau, Macau Special Olympics,
and Macau Handicraft and Creative People
Association a chance to showcase their
products to tourists and local residents, in
support of their organisations and the local
art
scene.
The Macao
Creative Pop-Up Store features
more than 100 types of items, including
umbrellas, t-shirts, shopping bags, scarves,
key chains, magnets, and
others.
The initiative aims
to allow local residents and visitors to get
to know more about Macao’s cultural and
creative products and design concepts, while
drawing public attention to disadvantaged
groups in Macao, thereby promoting social
integration and community
inclusion.
A ribbon-cutting
ceremony was held outside The Golden Peacock
and McSorley's Old Ale House at The Venetian
Macao Saturday, attended by officiating
guests: Director of the Macao Government
Tourism Office Maria Helena de Senna
Fernandes; Head of the Department for
Promoting the Cultural and Creative
Industries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau Ho
Hong Pan; Acting Head of the Department of
Family and Community Services Lam Son Wa;
Director of Fuhong Society of Macau Jennifer
Chau; Chief Executive Officer of Macau
Special Olympics Hetzer Siu; President of
Macau IC2 Association Antonio Leong;
Director of Macau Handicraft and Creative
People Association Gigi Lee; Senior Vice
President of Special Projects, Product
Strategy and Development for Sands China
Ltd. Julian Chow; and Senior Vice President
of Convention and Venetian Operations Gene
Capuano.
Sands China’s
community efforts are part of Sands Cares,
the global corporate citizenship programme
of parent company Las Vegas Sands
Corp.
Photo caption: Julian
Chow, senior vice president of Special Projects, Product
Strategy and Development for Sands China Ltd., delivers
remarks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Macao Creative
Pop-Up Store Saturday at The Venetian
Macao.
Photo caption:
Officiating guests cut the ceremonial ribbon to kick off the
Macao Creative Pop-Up Store Saturday at The Venetian
Macao.
Left to right: President of Macau IC2 Association Antonio
Leong; Director of Fuhong Society of Macau Jennifer Chau;
Senior Vice President of Special Projects, Product Strategy
and Development for Sands China Ltd. Julian Chow; Head of
the Department for Promoting the Cultural and Creative
Industries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau Ho Hong Pan;
Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office Maria Helena
de Senna Fernandes; Acting Head of the Department of Family
and Community Services Lam Son Wa; Senior Vice President of
Convention and Venetian Operations for Sands China Ltd. Gene
Capuano; Chief Executive Officer of Macau Special Olympics
Hetzer Siu; and Director of Macau Handicraft and Creative
People Association Gigi
Lee.
Photo caption:
Officiating guests take a tour of the Macao Creative Pop-Up
Store Saturday at The Venetian
Macao.
Photo caption: Sands
China is launching the Macao Creative Pop-Up Store – a
platform for four local nongovernmental organisations and
designers to display and sell their arts and craft products
to guests and visitors at The Venetian
Macao.