Wushu Masters continuation given green light

Pun Weng Kun

Pun Weng Kun, president of Macau Sports Development Board (ID), announced that the sports authority plans to “continue organizing the Wushu Masters Challenge in 2017.” Pun revealed this yesterday during a press conference on a survey regarding the Wushu event.  In Pun’s words, “there has been a great upgrade in terms of space [of the Wushu Masters Challenge].” His department will now discuss with the Wushu General Association of Macau and other related departments about how to improve the event.
This year’s initial edition of the Wushu Masters Challenge was widely criticized for the poor quality of some performers and poor attendance of events. Following the criticism, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said that the event and the possibility of its continuation would be reevaluated.
The ID organized a survey, the results of which were presented yesterday. The survey interviewed 1,002 visitors from August 11 to 14 at several of the event’s locations. Six hundred of them were residents while 402 were tourists.
Overall, the survey’s results show that 59.4 percent of the locals and 83 percent of the tourists expressed their satisfaction towards the event. About 83 percent of locals would like to to see it again.