• MACA Representatives visited Cultural Affairs Bureau

    On  17 February 2011, MACA  Chairman  Yan  Ung,  Executive  Manager  Rain  Chang and Licensing
    Support  Officer  Hera  Kou visited Cultural Affair Bureau of MSAR Government. They were warmly
    welcomed by  Chief  of  Cultural  and  Creative  Industries  Promotion  Department  Chan  Peng Fai,
    Senior Technical Advisor Mandy Pang  and  other  representatives. MACA  hopes to strengthen the
    communication  and  cooperation  with  Cultural  Affair  Bureau on music copyright issues and local
    music   development  and  also  obtaining  valuable  opinion from  Cultural  and  Creative  Industries
    Promotion  Department.

    During  the  discussion,  MACA  presented  a  short video to Cultural Affair Bureau representatives, which  briefly  introduced  the  importance of music copyright and daily operation of MACA. MACA works  on  the  goal  of  promoting  copyright  awareness  in  Macau,  enhancing public respects for music  composers  and  promoting  intellectual  property  rights to  new  generation.   Two  parties discussed  about  Legal  issues  of  copyright  and  local  music  development.  Cultural  and Creative Industries   Promotion  Department  asked   about  the   collection  and   distribution   situation   on licensing fees, also in-depth understanding of  member ship  and  assistance  to  members  on  legal procedures.

    Chan said,  copyright  protection  is  one  of the  most  important elements of cultural and  creative
    Industries.   He  hopes  to  enhance   the   communication   and  cooperation  with  MACA,  so  as to promote  the  development  of  local   cultural  and  creative  Industries.

    Ung revealed that when considering the set up of MACA, MACA should first pass a lengthy scrutiny from CISAC before it can legally operate in Macau. Meanwhile, although MACA gets a full support from  CISAC,  full  cooperation  from  various  Macau government departments is also important to
    scale new  heights  on  Macau  cultural  industries.