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Portuguese Settlement 3rd Asian Portuguese Community Conference

 3rd conference on Friday 30 June 2023.

8.00-8.30 am Registration of delegates at Temasek Hotel
9.00 am Arrival of invited guests
9.15 am Welcoming address by Organising Chairman Mr. Joseph Sta Maria
9.30 am Official Launch of 3rd APCC
Tea Break Cultural Performances
10.30 am Presentation of Conferences Papers
Plenary 1 Dr. Margaret Sarkissian, Professor of Music, Smith College, USA. and Dr. Brian Juan O'Neill, Professor of Anthropology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)
Plenary 2 Jamian Mohamed, Portuguese Language in Malaysia (Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Studies University of Malaya)
Cultural Performances
Plenary 3 Joao Abrantes (Tremissis Cultural Group, Portugal) "The importance of traditional music in the Portuguese identity"
Plenary 4 Maria Ethel Da Costa - Portuguese influence in Asian cuisine (Goa, India)
Plenary 5 Percival Shepherdson (Singapore Eurasion Association) The Singapore Eurasion Association and its Portuguese influence
Cultural Performances
12.00 noon Round tables discussion with Speakers, Dr. Margaret Sarkissian, Jamian Mohamed, Joao Abrantes, Maria Ethel Da Costa, Percival Shepherdson
Cultural Performances
Tea break/lunch
Cultural Performances
1.30 Closing of 3rd APCC

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