Macau Grand Prix Originally published in the Macau Closer Magazine Nov 2012 (Original article by Suzanne Watkinson was updated in September 2013 by Nana giving more details.) Photos courtesy of Macau Grand Prix Museum This being the Diamond Jubilee of the Macau Grand Prix, I think it is appropriate to reflect on the first Grand […]
REFUGIADOS por Padre Manuel Teixeira REFUGEES by Padre Manuel Teixeira Esta cidade que antes da guerra contava uns cem mil habitantes, viu de repente a sua população engrossar para meio milhão. A de Hong Kong, que era dum cilhão, com a ocupação japonesa desceu para 300 mil. Quem veio? De Hong Kong vieram 2.500 portugueses,
A OBRA BENFAZEJA DA POLÍCIA por Padre Manuel Teixeira POLICE CHARITY WORK by Padre Manuel Teixeira [Este é um extracto de uma série de artigos em português sobre Macau durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, escritos aparentemente pelo P. Manuel Teixeira no início dos anos 80.] [This is an extract, roughly translated, from a series of
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SEIS SACOS DE TERRA PORTUGUESA por Padre Manuel Teixeira SIX SACKS OF PORTUGUESE SOIL by Padre Manuel Teixeira [Este é um extracto de uma série de artigos em português sobre Macau durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, escritos aparentemente pelo P. Manuel Teixeira no início dos anos 80.] [This is an extract, roughly translated, from a
Bela Vista – Recollections of a Wartime Childhood by First published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the addition of a photo from Escola Particular Idália da Luz (First published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the
Our Bairro by Jorge Remedios (First published in the UMA News Bulletin circa 1999) he bairro was an area of cheap housing in Macau constructed for low-income workers in the years before the Second World War. As was true of so many other streets and areas in Macau, the bairro was named for some Portuguese
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
Dia de S. João In the 17th Century, Macau was a rich and valuable Portuguese trading post. In late June 1622 a large Dutch force attacked Macau. A small group of defenders, augmented by volunteers, fought bravely and defeated the invaders on the 24th June, the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist.
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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The Dutch Attack and Rout at Macau, 24 June 1622 by J. Bosco Correa This is an edited version of an article first published in the Bulletin of Casa de Macau (Australia). Philip III of Spain (Philip II of Portugal) In the early part of the 17th Century, Portugal had a great advantage in trade with
