Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) of the Macao SAR Government and Shenzhen OCT-LOFT, the “Shenzhen T-Street Creative Mart x Macao Tap Siac Craft Market” will be held from 7 to 8 December in Shenzhen OCT-LOFT, displaying and selling cultural and creative products from 90 brands in Macao and mainland China. The “Macao Fashion Pop-up Store” will also be launched to promote Macao’s original fashion brands. The public is welcome to participate.
The event will be held in Shenzhen OCT-LOFT from 7 to 8 December, opening from 10am to 9pm on the first day and 10am to 8pm on the second day. Through open calls, IC has recruited 45 local cultural and creative brands. Their designs, rich in Macao elements, include famous Macao IP, such as the landmark and world heritage sites of Macao, items of Macao’s intangible cultural heritage – the Festival of the Drunken Dragon and Portuguese Azulejo Tiles. These brands, together with multiple mainland Chinese brands, will showcase diverse cultural and creative products covering handicrafts, handmade natural products, ceramics, incense sticks, daily necessities and accessories.
The opening ceremony will be held on 7 December and will be officiated by the Acting Head of the Department for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Wong Keng Ngo; the Deputy Chief of the Liaison Unit of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, Luo Jiajun; the Deputy Secretary of the Working Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Deputy Director of Shahe Street Office of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Liu Chunxiao; the Deputy Director of the Department of Publicity of the Communist Party of the OCT Enterprise Co., Ltd., Weng Xiaoyu; the Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen OCT Commercial Management Co., Ltd., Liu Hongjie; and the Executive Director of Shenzhen OCT-LOFT Culture Development Co., Ltd., Xu Qian, and a group of Macao singers will sing together to inaugurate the cultural and creative event. During the event, there will be a number of performances by Macao singers, including Sean Pang, Rico Long, Kane Ao Ieong, Angel Fong, ALL IN, Iron Ian, Ying May Supermarket and Jenny Ian. Along with creative handicraft workshops, a salon will be hosted, in which Macao designers Au Chon Hin and Sam Kin Hang, the designer of Macao’s IP “HoSioChong”, will share their design experience.
In order to reinforce the synergistic effect of the event, the “Macao Fashion Pop-up Store” will be installed, displaying and selling products from 10 original fashion brands in Macao. Clothes, bags, silk scarves, wallets and women’s shoes in various styles will be available for sale.
Inaugurated last year by IC, the “Craft Market in the Greater Bay Area” was well received by the industry and the public in two places. This year, the event continues to be held in Guangzhou and other cities, hoping to help local cultural and creative brands gain visibility and expand their sales channels in the market of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.