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Shroud

THE SHROUD by Bernardino de Senna Fernandes d’Assumpção Edited extract from an unpublished book of anecdotes The following is a well-known tale, probably told for generations among the Portuguese in Macau and Hongkong. In the olden days a doctor’s certificate of death could not be completely relied upon; to ensure that no one was buried […]

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Amaral and Mesquita

Amaral and Mesquita by Henry d’Assumpção Flag of Portugal Macau was settled in the middle of the 16th Century when Portugal was a major naval power.  It was on a tiny peninsula connected to the mainland by a long, narrow isthmus where there was a barrier erected by China to control movement into and out

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From Portugal to Macau

From Portugal to Macau   by H.A. d’Assumpção An article first published in a Bulletin of Club Lusitano, Hong Kong Aviation was in its infancy early in the 20th Century but, as its importance became apparent during World War I, it developed rapidly and many nations established military aviation units and commercial companies. Two Portuguese

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