Adeus Macau by Nuno Loureiro d’Eça This memoir was originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Nov-Dec 1998 The late Nuno Loureiro d’Eça lived in New Zealand after the war. The end of Macau as a Portuguese-administered territory is fast approaching and before that chapter closes I would like to express my sentiments and to relate […]
TERRA DE BACALHAU Cod Country by Giovanni Pereira First published in the UMA News Bulletin under the pen-name “Caramba” The consumption of cod fish is deeply rooted in Portuguese gastronomic culture. This predilection goes back to the time of Os Descobrimentos Portugueses (Portuguese Discoveries in 15th Century) when fishermen ventured into the icy waters of
Who are the true citizens? Extract from Hong Kong by Harold Ingrams London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1952, pp 249-251 We cannot however look in these communities for 100% citizens of Hong Kong, nor shall we find them among the British expatriates. There are some British families settled in Hong Kong, but Britain is still
Chivit Boca Sujo e mas Pastro-Pastro Macaísta by Luis Felipe Baptista, PhD originally published in the UMA News Bulletin UMA News Bulletin, Sep-Oct 1999, pp.12-15 At Professor Armando (Pinky) Silva’s suggestion and encouragement I wrote an essay on common Hong Kong birds that I remembered from my childhood days with the main goal of preserving for
Chivit, Pardal, Bico-chumbo e Otro pastro-pastro Macaísta by Luis F. Baptista PhD Originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Nov-Dec 1998. One of the most important events of my life was when during my third year in university my friend Chris Wemmer recommended that I read Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz’s popular book “King Solomon’s Ring”. This
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Hong Kong Farewell by Dr Eduardo Liberato (Eddie) Gosano Feature Story from Club Lusitano, Hong Kong, 18/06/2021 Extracts from his extraordinary, and colourful autobiography, “Hong Kong Farewell”, by Eddie Gosano, (1997), after he migrated to the USA. A full copy is available in the Club Lusitano Biblioteca. The Gosanos Hazel Gosano and Eddie Remedios I
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GOODBYE TO ALL THAT Filomeno “Meno” Baptista, March 2010 Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15th 1945 and soon the rush to return to Hong Kong began. In early September our heroes arrived in Macau onboard a British frigate HMS Parret to reunite with their families; through them we learned that the prisoners who had been sent to
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O Ataque e a Derrota dos Holandeses em Macau, 24 de Junho de 1622 por J. Bosco Correa Esta é a tradução, por Mariana Leitão Pereira, de uma versão editada a partir de um artigo que foi publicado no Boletim da Casa de Macau (Australia). Felipe III de Espanha (Felipe II de Portugal) Nos inícios
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MONTE FORT by Dr Stuart Braga Originally published in Casa de Macau Australia News, April 2014, Vol 27 Issue 3 You step onto the escalator taking you up into the Macau Museum and you glide past an ancient wall that looks as though it has always been there. Once inside, you see a fine display
