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Familia Ribeiro

The Menezes family crest Família Ribeiro The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro Peter Grills Familia Ribeiro: The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro was originally published as a book. SBN 978 1 74027 488 3Copyright © text Peter Grills 2008First published 2008Prepared for the author

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Christmas Customs of Macau

Christmas Customs of Macau Rudolfo Baptista An article that first appeared in the Hong Kong Sunday Examiner in 1959 For generations the people of Macau have faithfully observed some beautiful Christmas customs taught them, probably, by the missionaries and nuns who were among the earliest settlers in that outpost of the Portuguese empire. When many

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Camp Album Signatures

Prison Camp — Signatures During W0rld War II, when Hong Kong was surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas day, 1941, British prisoners of war were incarcerated in Sham Shui Po Camp. Among them were Portuguese members of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Company Sergeant Major Marciano “Naneli” Baptista, a talented artist, produced a series

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Camp Album Plays

Camp Album Plays Back to Introduction Clicking on an image will usually give more information about the play – other drawings, the programme, the cast and the plot. Marciano “Naneli” Baptista produced stunning scenery and documentation for the plays that were produced in Sham Shui Po Camp helped alleviate the tedium and hardship of slave

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Camp Album Crests

Prison Camp Album Coats of Arms Back to Introduction When Hong Kong was surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas day, 1941, British prisoners of war were incarcerated in Sham Shui Po Camp.  Among them were Portuguese members of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.  Company Sergeant Major Marciano “Naneli” Baptista, a talented artist, produced a series

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