Ray CordeiroArticle by Daniel Gomes first published in the UMA Bulletin Fall 2012 and republished in Casa Newsletter Volume 35 Issue 1 March 2023 Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro MBE SBS was born on 12 December 1924 and died on 13 January 2023 aged 98. Known professionally as”Uncle Ray”, Ray was a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and actor. He […]
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The Story of Arnaldo Frederico da SilvaThe Philippine Revolution: The La Salle Connection[The following is an edited version of an article whose author and publication are obscure. It was written in 1997 in time for the Centennial of the Philippine Revolution. The article was transcribed by Jerome Da Silva, grand-nephew of Arnaldo F. da Silva Sr. Jerome
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Gil V. DaSilva – Autobiography From my birth in October, 1935 until we left Shanghai in June, 1950, we lived at the Emerald Apartments on Rue Ratard. All of the major events during that period occurred while living there: the U.S. declaration of war on Japan in December, 1941; the Japanese surrender in August, 1945;
The Portuguese InsurrectoRolando F VillacorteEdited version of an article on Arnaldo Frederico da SilvaIdolizing Rizal, a Portuguese youth left Hongkong to settle in Manila at the invitation of the hero, only to find himself in the vortex of a Revolution and a member of the underground.Recorded Philippine history has immortalized many a great hero-including those
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Return of a great survivorA veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong KongThe South China Morning Post HongKongThursday September 7 1995As a young soldier, José Gosano had some close encounters with death. The teenage volunteer was in a foxhole on the slopes of Mount Davis when a Japanese bomb landed two metres away –
The Life of a VeteranBiography of Henry Anthony Souzaby Michael SouzaIn the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa – Ed.In 1841, after losing the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC), also known as “The Volunteers”, was established in 1854 to
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANOFirst published in the UMA Bulletin Apr-Jun 2011 Vol 34 No 2 [Editor’s Note: A number of years ago the late Fr Zinho Gosano’s friend in New Zealand, a Father John Griffin, sent the UMA News Bulletin editor a floppy diskette containing an autobiographical narrative by Fr Gosano.
The Life of a VeteranBiography of Henry Anthony Souzaby Michael SouzaIn the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa – Ed.In 1841, after losing the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC), also known as “The Volunteers”, was established in 1854 to
Sir Albert Maria RodriguesOBE, CBE, MBE (Mil), ED, Chev. Legd’ Hon, KtGC (St. Sye), Ordem de Christo, LLD, JP1911 – 2006This is a slightly edited version of an article published in the Bulletin of Club Lusitano of Hong Kong, 12 June 2017.Albert Maria Rodrigues was born on the 5th November 1911, the only son of
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Memories of World War IIBy Henry d’AssumpçãoIt was a great feast-day, celebrating the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. For me, then seven years old in Hong Kong, it was a holiday from school, for my older brother a half-holiday. So breakfast was leisurely that morning when our father announced solemnly: “War can start any
