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	DigeratiCafe: Macau :Online Reference Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Macau prospered as a port and was the subject of repeated attempts by the Dutch to conquer it in the 17th century.
		Macau consists of a peninsula, and the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
		Macau has a generally flat terrain resulting from extensive land reclamation, but numerous steep hills mark the original natural land mass.
	www.digeraticafe.com /reference/Macau (1989 words)

	AllRefer.com - Portugal - Autonomous Regions and Macau \| Portuguese Information Resource
		Macau consists of a peninsula attached to the Chinese mainland and two islands with a total area of about 17 square kilometers.
		Portuguese explorers first reached Macau in the early sixteenth century, and it became a Portuguese colony in 1557.
		According to an agreement in 1987 between Portugal and China, Macau was to become a "special administrative region" of China on January 20, 1999.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/portugal/portugal133.html (554 words)

	GDDC \| Direitos Humanos: Sistema Europeu de Protecção dos Direitos Humanos: Portugal e os Direitos Humanos
		Upon proposal of either the Legislative Assembly of Macau or the Governor of Macau, the latter after having heard the Legislative Assembly of Macau, the Assembly of the Republic shall be empowered to amend or to replace the Statute after having sought the opinion of the Council of State.
		Article 19 of the PC is also in force in Macau, allowing the organs of supreme authority to suspend the exercise of rights, freedoms and safeguards only in the case of a state of siege or a state of emergency declared in the form laid down in the Constitution.
		In both Macau and Portugal, the same constitutional rules regarding the relationship between international and domestic law are in force, namely article 8 of the PC which establishes the principle of primacy of international law over ordinary domestic law.
	www.gddc.pt /direitos-humanos/portugal-dh/relatorios-onu/add-8-ing.html (9429 words)

	Political divisions of China : Topic definition - Find answers and define meanings in The Free Encyclopedia.
		In Taiwan, Taipei and Kaohsiung were elevated to the status of centrally administered municipalities after the retreat of the KMT-led government.
		The two SARs were established in 1997 and 1999 when the sovereignty of the two entities was transferred (from the United Kingdom and Portugal respectively) to the People's Republic of China.
		Macau is divided into two concelhos and seven freguesias (parishes) with no formal duties.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=Political_divisions_of_China (2813 words)

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		Macau's first venture into heavy industry can be seen on Ilha Verde (Green Island) which was connected to the shore by a causeway and a cement production plant established in 1889.
		Macau's inner harbour is extended around the north western flank and ship yards appear along the coast.
		Belatedly, the Macau city planners recognised that quality of urban space is important and the last definitive expansion attempts to introduce urban forms which aim to enhance the urban experience.
	arch.hku.hk /~tkvan/macau/macau.html (3961 words)

	MACAU
		Macau was the first western trading post in the Far East and it was here that the first western-style university was established—the College of St. Paul.
		Macau is dotted with countless gardens and parks, which are excellent tourist attractions as well as leisure and exercise space for locals.
		Macau is scheduled to revert to Chinese administration on 20 December 1999.
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	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MACAU, JAN 14 (ZENIT-FIDES).- At midnight on December 19-20, 1999, the Portuguese flag was lowered in Macau and that of the Peoples Republic of China hoisted, after 450 years of colonial rule under the Portuguese.
		Despite its small size, the Catholic community in Macau, which makes up about 5% of the population, is active in the areas of education and social work, thanks to the dedication of men and women religious.
		In connection with pastoral activity and organization of the liturgy, the religious work in 9 parishes or mission stations, 14 chapels or churches, and several pastoral centers, one of which focuses on youth and another on pastoral care for families and engaged couples.
	www.zenit.org /english/archive/0001/ZE000114.html (2978 words)

	Portugal - GOVERNMENT
		An elected parish assembly met four times a year and chose the parish board, which served as the parish's government.
		The size of these bodies was determined by the population of the parish.
		Municipalities, like parishes, were classified as urban or rural, except for those of Lisbon and Porto, which were classified as metropolitan areas.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/portugal/GOVERNMENT.html (18137 words)

	Peninsular Macau. Who is Peninsular Macau? What is Peninsular Macau? Where is Peninsular Macau? Definition of ...
		Macau Peninsula (澳門半島 Pinyin: Aomen Bandao; Portuguese: Península de Macau) is the oldest and most populous part of Macau in the People's Republic of China.
		It is connected to Zhuhai through a land bridge 200-metre wide, and is connected to Taipa Island by two bridges.
		The peninsula is divided into five regions, nominally parishes, but have no authority:
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Peninsular_Macau (127 words)

	Flag of Macau - Macau - Travel to China
		The flag of Macau is light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller.
		There was a flag for the Government of Macau, with designs of a dragon and a Portuguese-style coat-of-arms; but it is not used to represent Macau as a colony, but the concelho of Macau (the other being the concelho of the List_of_cities_and_parishes_in_MacaoIlhas).
		There was http://www.fotw.net/flags/mo-mau.html another flag for the city of Macau (one of the two cities in the colony), with a Portuguese-style coat-of-arms and two angels as heraldic supporters.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Flag_of_Macau (307 words)

	All words on Political divisions of China
		Special administrative regions were provided for in the 1982 Constitution in anticipation of the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau, but were only established in 1997 and 1999 in Hong Kong and Macau respectively when China resumed its exercise of sovereignty in these regions.
		Special administrative regions are nominally designated first-order (provincial-level) administrative divisions like other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, but SARs reserve much bigger autonomy, with their own courts of final appeal, legal systems, passports, currencies, customs control, immigration policies, extradition, etc., except diplomatic relations and national defence.
		Macau is subdivided into two concelhos and seven freguesias (parishes) with no formal duties.
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	The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network: Tailors, Temples, Trishaws & Gambling in Macau
		Macau was once primarily a fishing village and shipping port.
		Macau gradually lost its place as a trading port when Hong Kong was ceded to the British in 1840s.
		All that remains of Macau's greatest church is its magnificent stone facade and grand staircase.
	www.ruggedelegantliving.com /a/003615.html (2518 words)

	RS1 English
		Macau today is a classic mix of east and west, in both culture and religion.
		If you look at the traveling pattern to Macau right now, we are very high on the weekends, very low on the weekdays because a majority of our visitors are leisure visitors, and the hotels are very tight on the weekends.
		Whereas in Macau, unfortunately, we are at the mouth of the Pearl River, so a lot of silk becomes deposited in Macau, so the harbor is not very deep in terms of waters.
	www.rsi.sg /english/businessideas/view/20041224214838/1/.html (1358 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Macao
		With an aggregate population of about 8,000,000, of whom only about 50,000 are Christians, the spiritual activities of this diocese necessarily take the form, to a great extent, of preaching to the heathen.
		In the city of Macao, which is divided into three parishes, the diocesan seminary, under the direction of Jesuit fathers, educates some 120 ecclesiastics, Portuguese and natives.
		The Society of Jesus and the Salesian Society are the only religious institutes for men now (1910) established in the diocese; religious institutes for women are represented by the Franciscan and Canossian Sisters, the total number of sisters being about 100.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09481b.htm (1018 words)

	Macau Districts
		It also changes the spelling from Macau to Macao, which seems redundant until you consider that 3166-1 and 3166-2 are separate standards.
		Macau has been a Portuguese colony since the age of exploration.
		Macau district is subdivided into five freguesias (parishes): Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Santo António, Santo Lázaro, Santo Lourenço, and Sé.
	www.statoids.com /umo.html (405 words)

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		Pahiyas is a festival celebrated in honour of St. Isidore, the Catholic patron saint of farmers, as a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest season.
		Current Philippine Labour Attaché in Macau, Salome Mendoza, is ending her 2-year tour of duty by the end of this month.
		She also enforced regulations in Macau - with the cooperation of relevant government departments - and in the Philippines to help curb illegal overseas recruitment of Filipino workers.
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	The Churches of Macau - Macau Travel and Tourist Guide
		The Portuguese established the city of Macau in 1557 to be a trading post and a bastion of Christianity as well.
		The ancient churches of Macau are dedicated either to the Blessed Virgin Mary (in one of her many titles) and other popular saints, as is common in other places.
		This is one of the most active Parishes in Macau.
	www.olamacauguide.com /catholic-churches.html (1196 words)

	To Remember ...
		He was associate pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Baltimore and chaplain at hospitals in Baltimore and Cumberland, Maryland.
		He was a minister and pastor in Belize, pastor of a parish in Glennonville, Missouri, and minister in the Colorado Springs diocese.
		He served as pastor at parishes in Tacoma, Seattle, and Yakima and was administrator at a Portland parish.
	www.companysj.com /news/obits.htm (8669 words)

	STAT/WPA(4)/1/Macau, The Fourth Meeting of the Working Party on the Application of New Technology to Population data, ...
		Macau is formed by two islands and one peninsula, has a totally area of 21.45Km2 (Annex 1).
		It is divided into 7 parishes, and for statistic purpose, the parishes are further divided into 98 sections and 1092 subsections, each subsection is basically a block of building(s) surround by four rows (Annex 2).
		Up to the present time, the use of maps in statistical process is only on enumeration purpose, the Census and Statistics Department of Macau (DSEC) maintain a set of maps in the detail of subsection in paper form.
	www.unescap.org /stat/pop-it/pop-it4/wpa4_1ma.asp (813 words)

	MACAU: A SELECTION OF CARTOGRAPHIC IMAGES: 1787-1806
		Scroll map of the China coast unrolled to show the mouth of the Pearl (Zhu) River and the exaggerated importance of the Macau area.
		Translation of text from the map: "The coastal region of Xing Hui and Hu Men in Canton Province consists of an important strategic point which should be given sufficient defense attention.
		Important buildings (forts, parishes, colleges, convents, and chapels) are identified by number.
	frontiers.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/macau/part2.html (325 words)

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		1982 Constitution that governs administrative divisions, special administrative regions are provided for in Article 31 in anticipation of the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau.
		The two SARs were established in 1997 and 1999 when the sovereignty of the two entities was transferred (from the United Kingdom and
		concelhos and seven freguesias (parishes) with no formal duties.
	cannabissativa.com /wiki/Political_divisions_of_China (2548 words)

	Anglican Communion:Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
		The Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui was in place on October 25, 1998.
		Hong Kong and Macau have gone through political and sovereign changes in the past and Hong Kong has, since 1st July, 1997, rejoined while Macau will in the near future rejoin and become part of China, in the form of Special Administrative Regions.
		At this critical moment in history, the Anglican community in Hong Kong and Macau have considered the past, consolidated the present and resolved that missionary works and services of the Church in Hong Kong and Macau would be greatly enhanced under the independent status of a province.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /tour/province.cfm?ID=H1 (202 words)

	US Jesuit Conference - Who are the Jesuits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are 9 social apostolates staffed by 55 Jesuits for pastoral institutes there are 114 churches and parishes in which 238 Jesuits are engaged, 14 retreat houses in which 42 Jesuits are engaged and 2 spiritual centers in which 2 Jesuits labor.
		There are 70 institutions engaged in social apostolates staffed by 163 Jesuits; and pastoral institutes include 189 churches and parishes in which 312 Jesuits are engaged, 21 retreat houses in which 41 Jesuits are engaged and 13 spiritual centres in which 27 Jesuits are engaged.
		Less known but possibly more significant is the Assistancy's involvement in the inter-religious dialogue apostolate, with Hindus and Muslims in India, but also with Buddhists in Sri Lanka and Nepal.
	www.jesuit.org /sections/sub.asp?SECTION_ID=192&SUBSECTION_ID=256 (2623 words)

	Macau Peninsula - guideofcasinos.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		/; Jyutping: ou2 mun3 bun2 dou3; Mandarin Pinyin: Aomen Bandao; Portuguese: PenÃnsula de Macau) is the oldest and most populous part of Macau in the People's Republic of China.
		The peninsula corresponds to the Concelho de Macau, which is divided into five regions, nominally parishes, with no authority:
		Macau City China - China tourist and travel guide for Macau City, China
	www.guideofcasinos.com /Macau_Peninsula.html (666 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Autonomous Regions And Macau - Portugal
		FREE In-depth report - Autonomous Regions And Macau - Portugal
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		If you did not find the information you were looking for on the subject of Autonomous Regions And Macau you may wish to do another search of Exploitz.com: related Autonomous Regions And Macau search
	www.exploitz.com /Portugal-Autonomous-Regions-And-Macau-cg.php (654 words)

	Asia: Challenge to U.S. Parishes
		At the UCANEWS website, there are report services for paying subscribers as well as good information available to the public.
		Supporting UCANEWS as a paying electronic subscriber is one very simple and practical way for parishes or small groups or individuals to explore global outreach.
		If you find a report that would enrich a parish newsletter or discussion handout, the reprint fee of $5 per report is extremely reasonable.
	www.parish-without-borders.net /global/asia.htm (480 words)

	CRTN.org - Catholic Radio and Television Network \| Print News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The number of young Chinese Catholics participating in this year's World Youth Day is surprising observers: more than 1,000 enthusiastic Chinese are in Toronto, including a 50-strong choir singing Catholic Chinese music.
		The youths came in different groups from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese parishes around the world; very few Chinese were able to come from the mainland.
		Some parishes in Beijing, for instance, are arranging meetings for youngsters, with Masses, musical concerts and time to get to know one another.
	www.crtn.org /news/print.php3?id=20020726114444 (262 words)

	Europe and Asia - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
		Sub Parishes of St. Mary's, located on the east coast of Sabah, encompassing the Sandakan Residency which consists of the Sandakan, Kinabatangan and Labuk/Sugut Districts.
		Seven centuries ago five Catholic parishes were established, one in Azov and four in Astrakhan.
		Historical Places and Buildings of Liechtenstein are several parish churches and chapels.
	home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-International.htm (3821 words)

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		Macanese or Patuá, an ancient Portuguese based dialect, is almost extinct.
		[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/4080105.stm BBC News - Regions and Territories: Macau]
		[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/motoc.html Library of Congress - Country Study: Macau] data as of August 2000
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