Braga

Portuguese in HK and China

THE PORTUGUESE IN HONG KONG AND CHINA First published in 1944 and reprinted in 1978 and 1998; published on the internet circa 2009. Editorial Note: This is the 1944 version. JP Braga did not complete this booklet before his death. J.M. “Jack” Braga edited and published this work after his father’s death. Stuart Braga, JP […]

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Unexampled Calamity

Hong Kong / henry

‘An Unexampled Calamity’ The Hong Kong Plague of 1894 by Stuart Braga Article originally published in Casa de Macau Australia Bulletin ‘Without exaggeration I may assert that so far as trade and commerce are concerned the plague has assumed the importance of an unexampled calamity. So stated the dispatch of the Governor of Hong Kong,

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Monte Fort

Articles, Macau / henry

MONTE FORT by Dr Stuart Braga Originally published in Casa de Macau Australia News, April 2014, Vol 27 Issue 3 You step onto the escalator taking you up into the Macau Museum and you glide past an ancient wall that looks as though it has always been there. Once inside, you see a fine display

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