Obituary: Mr José Luíz de Selavisa Alves [known as “Jico” to his friends]The Hongkong Telegraph 11 July 1927 Counted amongst the earliest foreign settlers in the Colony, the late Mr Alves came over to Hongkong from Macao while yet a very young man and, because of his knowledge of the English language, soon found employment in […]
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Ray Cordeiro Article 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.
The Life of a Veteran Biography of Henry Anthony Souza by Michael Souza In 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
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Sir Albert Maria Rodrigues OBE, CBE, MBE (Mil), ED, Chev. Legd’ Hon, KtGC (St. Sye), Ordem de Christo, LLD, JP 1911 – 2006 This 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,
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Authors S Luis Andrade de Sa Portugueses em Hong Kong José “Adé dos Santos Ferreira Camões Grandi da NacãoDoci Papiacam de MacauLuz de NatalNatal – Amor, Paz, AlegriaNatal CristamPapia Cristam di Macau – Epítome de Gramática Comparade e VocabulárioPoémia di Macau (Poesia e Prosa) Leonor Diaz de Seabra Slavery, concubinage and marriage in Macau: 16th-18th
Authors D-F Annabel Doling Macau on a Plate Nuno Loureiro d’Eça Adeus Macau GB Endacott History of Hong Kong Les Fisher I Will Remember – Recollections and Reflections on Hong Kong 1941 to 1945 – Internment and Freedom Jorge Forjaz Familias Macaenses Vols I-III Familias Macaenses Vols I-VI, ISBN 978-99965-886-1-7 Albergue SCM e Bambu –
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARLOS BORROMEU LUBECK It is just over 20 years since we left China and came to this hospitable country, the United States of America. I do not have anything of value to leave behind, but there is one thing I can give you. It is the record of our family antecedents, which I
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANO First 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
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A Macanese Entrepreneur by Daniel R Gomes Originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Spring 2009 “Hovering” the mouse pointer over a Portuguese or Macaísta word will often show its English translation. Praia Grande During the 17th Century, Macau was the “Venice” of European trade with China, Japan and South East Asia. Here is a
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Autobiography Oscar Jorge Collaço I was born on a cold clear Monday on March 21, 1938, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Shanghai, China at 5.30am weighing 5½ pounds and measuring 14 inches in length. I was not born prematurely: my mother , was afraid to have a big baby, because her cousins who had given
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