Adeus Macauby Nuno Loureiro d’Eça This memoir was originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Nov-Dec 1998 The late Nuno Loureiro d’Eça lived in New Zealand after the war. The end of Macau as a Portuguese-administered territory is fast approaching and before that chapter closes I would like to express my sentiments and to relate […]
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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The Honourable Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales The Honourable Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira “Sonny” Sales (1920-2020) was an eminent member of the Portuguese community in Hong Kong: President of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Chairman of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. His achievements were widely recognised with more than 20 national honours from 10 countries, including
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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
Awards Condecorações Here we list Macanese (and their spouses and ancestors) who have received a National Honour by appointment to one or more National Orders at the level of Member of the British Empire or higher. (The list is incomplete: it has yet to include many military medals and Papal Honours.)Aqui listamos os macaenses (e
Bela Vista – Recollections of a Wartime Childhood Raquel de Carvalho Remedios First published in UMA Bulletin Spring 2013; reproduced here with links to people’s personal pages and with the addition of a photo from Escola Particular Idália da Luz It was Monday morning, December 8, 1941 and our amah, Ah Say, was trying her
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
Prison Camp Album Index The images in this section were from an album of Marciano Francisco de Paula “Naneli” Baptista MBE, mostly of his own drawings when he was a prisoner-of-war in Shamshuipo Camp, Kowloon, Hong Kong. His nephew Filomeno Marciano “Meno” Baptista kindly gave permission for them to be included in this website. Marciano “Naneli” Baptista (1896-1957) was
Macau Grand Prix Originally published in the Macau Closer Magazine Nov 2012 (Original article by Suzanne Watkinson was updated in September 2013 by Nana giving more details.) Photos courtesy of Macau Grand Prix Museum This being the Diamond Jubilee of the Macau Grand Prix, I think it is appropriate to reflect on the
From Macau through China to India and Burma Hong Kong Portuguese in the Chindits Anne Ozorio February 2003When Hong Kong refugees poured out of Hong Kong after its occupation by the Japanese in December 1941, many were destitute. In Macau those who could claim any kind of British connection were supported by the British Consul,