The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) said yesterday that the parties behind the project to revitalize the Taipa Houses-Museum will not open a Portuguese restaurant on the site.
According to IFT, the interdepartmental group – led by the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture in charge of the project management – had based its decision on “a significant number of opinions from concerned citizens about the possibility of such a project affecting the surrounding environment.”
The group had decided to “suspend the plan, keeping the original function of the building as a touristic interest house.”
However, IFT added that an environmental impact assessment study by the Institute for Development and Quality, Macau had indicated the project’s “strict compliance with the instructions on the protection of Macau’s environment during the operation [of a restaurant] in the house, the catering service would not [have caused] a great impact to the surrounding environment.”
The site will reportedly continue to host the Lusofonia Festival, as well as other cultural activities. RM
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