Who are the true citizens? Quem são os verdadeiros cidadãos? Extract from Hong Kong by Harold Ingrams, Hong Kong Excerto de Hong Kong de 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 […]
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 classic was my
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Gloria Barretto Be it local plants or local life, the Portuguese botanical specialist, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, was a fount of knowledge with many an entertaining story to narrate Jason Wordie South China Morning Post, 30 Jun 2017 Quer se tratasse de plantas locais ou da vida local, o especialista botânico
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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PORTUGUESE LISTED IN THE ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR OF 1845 PORTUGUESES LISTADOS NO ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR DE 1845 NAME AS RECORDED NOME CONFORME REGISTADO POSSIBLE ID ID POSSÍVEL PROBABLE CORRECT NAME NOME CORRETO (PROVÁVEL) CITY LOCALIDADE COMMENTS COMENTÁRIOS Baptista João S João S Baptista Shanghai Barradas, Francisco C 35776 Hong Kong Barretto, CA & Family Macau Barretto, João
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Experiences of Frank Correa and Hetty Van Langenberg during World War II. FOREWORD It seems appropriate to mark our son Anthony’s fortieth Birthday with this document which relates to his father’s experiences during the turbulent years of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War. We all recall Frank often reminiscing about
