‘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 […]
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
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
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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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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CHAPTER XII Portuguese Interest in Land Development in Hongkong – Genesis of Kowloon – Some Interesting Personalities among the Portuguese of Old Hongkong Speaking generally, the Portuguese of Hongkong may be said to be the descendants of two elements of the people of Macao who emigrated to the British colony – the commercial element and
CHAPTER XI Early relations between Macao and Hongkong – Last Days of Portuguese Shipping in the East. In earlier chapters we have seen how cordial were the relations between the Portuguese and the British at Macao during the opening decades of the last century. This was specially in evidence shortly before the outbreak of the
CHAPTER X Catholic Churches and Schools in Hongkong Among the forces which influence the lives of men one of the strongest is that of religion. Let me therefore devote a chapter to the religious activities of my compatriots in Hongkong, where complete toleration of creeds and customs has been such a marked feature of British
CHAPTER IX Growth of the Portuguese Community in Hongkong – The Portuguese as Interpreters The strength of British colonial enterprise was demonstrated in the case of Hongkong in less than a decade after the founding of the settlement. There were disabilities, misunderstandings, recriminations, and criticisms, it is true, but Hongkong was taking shape as an
CHAPTER VII Early Hongkong from Portuguese and other records – Departure of Captain Elliot For close on three hundred years, from the year 1557, Macao had been the “home from home” not only of Portuguese nationals but also of subjects of other countries who came seeking commercial relations with the Chinese. It was as much
