For many years Macau dominated trade in the Far East but Macau was handicapped by its shallow port. When the British established a colony in Hong Kong, with its magnificent harbour, Macau lost trade to Hong Kong and many Portuguese sought careers there and in Shanghai.
When the Second World war broke out in the Pacific, large numbers sheltered in neutral Macau but men who had fought in the Battle of Hong Kong were incarcerated in Prisoner of War camps.
After the war there was mass migration from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Macau to other countries.
Durante muitos anos, Macau dominou o comércio no Extremo Oriente, mas foi prejudicado pela pouca profundidade do seu porto. Quando os britânicos estabeleceram uma colónia em Hong Kong, com o seu magnífico porto, Macau perdeu comércio para Hong Kong e muitos portugueses procuraram oportunidades de carreira aí e em Xangai.
Quando a Segunda Guerra Mundial eclodiu no Pacífico, um grande número de pessoas refugiou-se na neutra Macau, mas os homens que combateram na Batalha de Hong Kong foram encarcerados em campos de prisioneiros de guerra.
Após a guerra, verificou-se uma migração em massa de Hong Kong, Xangai e Macau para outros países.
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 […]
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PORTUGUESE LISTED IN THE ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR OF 1845 PORTUGUESES LISTADOS NO ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR DE 1845 NAME AS RECORDED POSSIBLE ID(S) PROBABLE CORRECT NAME CITY COMMENTS Baptista João S João S Baptista Shanghai Barradas, Francisco C 35776 Hong Kong Barretto, CA & Family Macau Barretto, João A 24774 Hong Kong
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This compendium of information, published in 1903, includes lists offoreign residents in Macau, Hong Kong, Shanghai and other portscommercial houses and their owners and employeesGovernment officials of Hong Kong and of MacauDownload PDFEste compêndio de informações, publicado em 1903, inclui listas deresidentes estrangeiros em Macau, Hong Kong, Xangai e outros portoscasas comerciais e os seus
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Aunty Albertina’s SchoolJorge RemediosOriginally published in the UMA News Bulletin Sep-Oct 1997, p14In the years preceding the Second World War, most of the filho de Macau children who lived in and around the Portuguese enclave of Homantin, in Kowloon (Hong Kong SAR), then a bucolic residential neighborhood roughly encompassed by Nathan, Waterloo, and Prince Edward Roads, attended Albertina
THE PORTUGUESE IN HONG KONG AND CHINA By J. P. Braga First published in 1944 and reprinted in 1978 and 1998; published on the internet circa 2009. Editorial Note: This is the 1944 version. J.P. Braga did not complete this booklet before his death. J.M. “Jack” Braga edited and published this work after his father’s
‘An Unexampled Calamity’ The Hong Kong Plague of 1894 by Stuart BragaArticle 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, Sir William
Experiences of Frank Correa and Hetty Van Langenberg during World War II. FOREWORD It seems appropriate to mark our son Anthony’s fortieth Birthday with this document which relates to his father’s experiences during the turbulent years of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War. We all recall Frank often reminiscing about
GOODBYE TO ALL THATFilomeno “Meno” Baptista, March 2010Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15th 1945 and soon the rush to return to Hong Kong began. In early September our heroes arrived in Macau onboard a British frigate HMS Parret to reunite with their families; through them we learned that the prisoners who had been sent to Japan to
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Hong Kong Almanacks – List of Portuguese The 1846 and 1850 Hong Kong Almanacks show the names of hundreds of Portuguese and their occupations. These were extracted and listed here, with attempted matches to individuals in the database. Where possible, links have been made so that clicking on a name or an ID number will
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Hong Kong Jurors List List of Portuguese Lists of people in Hong Kong who were eligible to be jurors have been published in the internet, for the years 1855 onwards. These include over 300 Portuguese and give valuable records of names, occupations and addresses. Apparent Portuguese names have been extracted from the lists for the