Feature Stories

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...