DILI, 06 marsu 2023 (TATOLI) – Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak, through his cabinet, has issued a dispatch letter addressed to the Ministry of Tourism, Trade, and Industry (MoTTI) to have maximum preparation for the Solar Eclipse event to be held on april 20, 2023.
MoTTI’s Director-General Jelino Soares said that MoTTI received the dispatched letter from the Prime Minister’s office which requested MoTTI to collaborate with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in allocating some money for the preparation for the Solar Eclipse event as it would attract many tourists to the Timor-Leste.
“We will submit a proposal on the creation of the organizing committee for the event. After that, we will start the preparation for the Solar Eclipse event,” Soares told TATOLI at his office, in Dili, today.
He said that the Ministry of Finance has agreed to allocate a budget for the event: “So, the Organizing Committee will make a list of all the activities to be submitted to the MoF.”
“The proposal will soon be approved by the MoTTI. So the money would be allocated based on the proposal,” Soares said.
Thousands of tourists and many scientists will flock to Timor-Leste to witness a once-in-a-century total solar eclipse.
A partial eclipse of magnitude 0.9809 will be visible from Timor-Leste (East Timor) (Dili) on April 20, 2023. The maximum eclipse will be at 13:18:30 local time when 97.94% of the Sun’s surface will be covered by the Moon.
A total solar eclipse can be seen in the two eastern municipalities – Lautém and Viqueuqe, on April 20.
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Nelia Borges
