Sport and recreation

Macanese were active in sport and some excelled.

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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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Braga_JP Intro

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

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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

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CollacoOAuto

Autobiography   Oscar Jorge Collaço   I was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Shanghai by Rev. Père R. de Chalain with godfather uncle Gilberto and godmother aunty Mary. At age 3 I was taken to Day Care at a Portuguese lady’s home at Park Apts. I was born on a cold clear Monday on March

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Familia Ribeiro

The Menezes family crest Família Ribeiro The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro Peter Grills Familia Ribeiro: The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro was originally published as a book.SBN 978 1 74027 488 3Copyright © text Peter Grills 2008First published 2008Prepared for the author

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Great Survivor

Return of a great survivor  A veteran who fought against the Japanese in Hong Kong    The South China Morning Post HongKong    Thursday September 7 1995  As a young soldier, José Gosano had some close encounters with death. The teenage volunteer was in a foxhole on the slopes of Mount Davis when a Japanese

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Koo Intro

In search of a better world:a social history of the Macaenses in ChinaCandidate: B. H. M. KooDegree: MA HonoursYear of Submission: 2000University of Western Sydney© Barney Koo, Sydney AustraliaBarney.Koo@Gmail.comContentsTitle pageContent pageSummaryAcknowledgementsAbbreviations used1     IntroductionThe Macaenses – Survival techniques and skills – The contributions of the communities – Literature Review – Aims and scope of the Thesis –

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Life Veteran

    The Life of a Veteran     Biography of Henry Anthony Souza     by Michael Souza   In the List of HKVDC members, he appears as Henrique Antonio Sousa – Ed.In 1841, after losing the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (HKVDC),

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Pastimes

Pastimes by Frederic A. “Jim” da Silva Edited extract of an article, Times Past and Pastimes Some old childhood games of Hong Kong are now obsolete or forgotten, but some others remain – marbles, for instance. As children, we had different games involving marbles. There was the traditional game with marbles placed in a ring drawn in

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