Our Bairro O Nosso Bairro Jorge Remedios (First published in the UMA News Bulletin circa 1999) (Publicado pela primeira vez no boletim informativo da UMA por volta de 1999) The 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 […]
Pastimes by Frederic A. “Jim” da Silva Edited extract of an article, Times Past and Pastimes Some old childhood games of Hong Kong are now obsolete or forgotten, but some others remain – marbles, for instance. As children, we had different games involving marbles. There was the traditional game with marbles placed in a ring drawn in
Peter the CruelFrederic A. (Jim) SilvaIt must be flattering or else insulting to be a ruler of nations and men and then to have an added title bestowed for posterity by history.For instance, young King Alexander of Macedonia would probably be flattered by being labelled Alexander the Great. I am sure Suleiman the Magnificent, Peter the Great and Manuel the
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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Portugal’s FlagFrederic (Jim) Silva It is not all that surprising to find that a country as old as Portugal has had its flag much altered as circumstances changed. Today’s modern flag tells us a story of a past and a people. We can see something of Portugal’s origins and history, of early Kings and battles
Incêndio no Hipódromo de Happy Valley em 1918Roy Eric XavierAbril 2012Este artigo foi publicado no site Far East Currents, criado pelo Dr. Roy Eric Xavier, da Universidade da Califórnia em Berkeley, que se dedica à investigação sobre a comunidade portuguesa em Hong Kong. O Dr. Xavier autorizou gentilmente a sua reprodução aqui.PrelúdioO final do inverno
Revisiting the Reed Brothers All posthumous war accounts have a Rashomon-like quality in their telling. The story of the four Reed brothers who died in the Battle of Hong Kong is no exception. Theirs is not only a distinctively proud Hong Kong story but also a tragic family story of brotherly bonding.
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,
COMIDAS REGIONAIS DE PORTUGAL Regional Dishes of Portugal Giovanni Pereira First published in the UMA News Bulletin under the title Impressions of the Algarve Part II, with the pen-name “Caramba” Jean Anderson, one of the best food writers in America and a regular visitor to Portugal for over thirty years had this to
Reminiscences of World War IIJ Bosco CorreaOn the day that Japan surrendered, my mother , my brother and I attended a Te Deum at St. Teresa’s Church in thanksgiving for the end of the war. Afterwards, we were amongst a small group of Portuguese (mainly ladies) standing in front of the church when a work
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