Feature Stories

Feature Stories

The Sorry Treatment of our War Heroes

By Anthony Correa I recently came into my possession some files from my father Frank Correa that shined a light on the disgraceful...

Mato Moiro – the Portuguese enclave in 19th century Hong Kong

By Stuart Braga 25 January 2017 This odd-sounding name has now been completely forgotten, but Mato Moiro was well-known to all the...

Centenary of the First Flight from Portugal to Macau Celebration

Friday, 21 June 2024 On Friday, 21 June 2024, 100 years and a day after the first flight from Portugal to Macau was successfully...

First Air Journey, Portugal to Macau, 1924-2024, 100 Year Anniversary

Club Lusitano President Mr. Patrick Rozario and Members of the General Committee with the delegates of the Celebrations Organizing...

Delivered From The Jaws Of Death by Stuart Braga, 11 June 2019

One of Macau’s most prominent landmarks is the church at the southern end of the small peninsula. Standing atop the prominent hill, the...

Marcus Alberto da Silva, 1907 - 1956.

Fearless Solicitor, witness to the Hong Kong War Tribunal and son of Hong Kong by Teresa da Silva & Anthony Correa Marcus Silva was not...

The Barretto Family, Goa to Macau, Hong Kong and Manila

By Paul Henry Ferraz Barretto Our story begins in India, specifically Bombay (now Mumbai), with our ancestor Antonio Lourenço Barretto of...

Henrique Lourenço de Noronha-Singapore’s Government Printer By Alberto Guterres

Henrique Lourenço de Noronha was born in Macau on 9 August 1841, the eldest son of Delfino Joaquim and his wife Umbelina Maria Basto. He...

Governor of Macau killed and beheaded. Was Governor Amaral heroic or foolhardy? By Stuart Braga

Part 2 ‘This atrocious murder’[1] [Summary of Part 1: In 1846, João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, a dynamic and courageous leader, was...

Governor of Macau killed and beheaded. Was Governor Amaral heroic or foolhardy? By Stuart Braga

Part 1 ‘A dead man walking’ Of all the 120 governors of Macau from 1623 to 1999, a few stand out, but perhaps the most conspicuous of all...

Alfonso Octavio Barretto

By Jason Wordie, expanded and amended from previously published SCMP column text Artistic careers begin in the most unlikely places –...

José d’Almeida Carvalho e Silva, 1774-1850

Pioneering doctor, revolutionary, and botanist By Anthony Correa The Portuguese have a long history around the Straits of Malacca, but...

Vasco da Gama and the 1898 Fourth Centenary Celebrations during a Pandemic

By Mr Ken Chad Journeying to the 25th floor of the Club, the first person we are greeted by is Vasco da Gama. A bit over-dressed for the...

Capo Das Flores - A Voyage to Seek Out Luso-Asian Cousins in the Indonesian Archipelago

Transcript of a speech by Professor Cliff Pereira FRGS, Club Lusitano, 20 July 2021 The Cape of Flowers. A linguistic trail. My first...

100th Anniversary of the Opening of the Club Lusitano Building on Ice House Street, 13 May 1922-2022

Club Lusitano is proud to celebrate its 100 years at its Ice House Street location. Extracts from the Club’s 150th Anniversary History....

The Noronha Sisters

By Anthony Correa At the outbreak of war in 1941, the local Indian civilian community like the Portuguese community were thrown into...

‘The bread is poisoned … there’s not a moment to lose’

From Stuart Braga’s new book ‘Nos sa Téra, Nos sa Génti’ Visitors to Hong Kong now find a community that works well, despite continuing...

90th Anniversary of the First Crew to Row from Hong Kong to Macau

Successful Rowing Venture by Five Portuguese Youths 18 July 1930 South China Morning Post

Sir Rogério Hyndman Lobo, KSG, CBE, JP, 1923 – 2015

By Anthony Correa “He had a profound love of Hong Kong and a deep commitment to public service.” – former Hong Kong Governor David Wilson...

José Pedro Braga, 1871 – 1944

By Mr. Ken Chad Early Years and Education José Pedro Braga, or JP Braga as he was known, was born in Hong Kong on the 3rd of August 1871....

Francisco Paulo de Vasconcelos Soares, 1868-1953

By Anthony Correa Francisco “Frank” Paulo de Vasconcelos Soares was born in Hong Kong to a Portuguese family from Macau. Both his father...

Dr Eduardo Liberato “Eddie” Gosano 1914-2010

Extracts from his extraordinary, and colourful autobiography, “Hong Kong Farewell”, by Eddie Gosano, (1997), after he migrated to the...

“Miss Macao” One of the World’s 1st Hijackings

By Mr Stuart Braga One of the world’s first hijackings of a commercial flight occurred on 16 July 1948 with the attempted take-over of a...

Comendador Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, GBM, CBE, JP, GCIH, 1920 to 2020

By Anthony Correa A de O. “Sonny” Sales was born in the French Concession of Shamain Island, Canton (now Guangzhou) on 13 January 1920....

Memories of World War II

Henry d'Assumpcao, An Oral History It was December 8th 1941, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, one of the ten...

Marciano A Baptista, 1826-1896

Reinaldo Maria "Uncle Ray" Cordeiro, 1924-2023

By Anthony Correa

Delfino Noronha, 1824-1900

by Anthony Correa

From Portugal to Macau, 1924

by HA d' Assumpcao

Leonardo d' Almada e Castro CBE QC LLD (1904-1996)

By Anthony Correa

Sir Albert Maria Rodrigues OBE, CBE, MBE

By Anthony Correa

Colonel Henrique Alberto 'Bots' de Barros Botelho OBE, ED, JP, Ordem de Cristo (1906-1999)

by Anthony Correa