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Wednesday, December 29, 1999, updated at 09:16(GMT+8) Culture Financial People in Macao Organize Celebrating Concert People of the financial sector in Macao organized a grand concert in Macao Tuesday night to mark the founding of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on December 20. Some 80 musicians from the inland areas of China presented a dozen pieces of famous Chinese and foreign music at the Macao Cultural Center. Before the performance began, a 99-meter-long painting was presented to the Macao SAR government. Invited by a committee of Macao financial people for celebrating Macao's return to the motherland, a total of 99 Chinese painters had participated in the painting. "Amid the first lights of a new century, Macao has returned to the embrace of the motherland and started a new era," said Zhu Chi, chairman of the celebrating committee. He noted that people in the financial sector would work together with local residents to build a brighter future of Macao. Printer-friendly Version In This SectionSearch Back to top Copyright by People's Daily Online, All rights reserved |
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