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		Bio-data of the Governor of Macau, Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira
		General Rocha Vieira was Chief-of-Staff of the Portuguese Army from 1976 to 1978.
		General Rocha Vieira was designated Honorary Commander of the Engineering Branch of the Portuguese Army in June 1995.
	members.lycos.co.uk /macau1999/archive/vieira-en.htm (496 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		Of the 37,000 Portuguese citizens who were living in Macau until 1999, there are just 1,200 still on the peninsula today, and Portuguese is only spoken at home now by no more than 10,000 of the 450,000 Macanese, most of whom are of mixed Portuguese and Chinese descent.
		>From a historic point of view, the Dec. 20, 1999 ceremony in which the last Portuguese governor, Gen. Vasco de Rocha Vieira, handed over the reins to Ho (who was designated by Beijing), marked a symbolic watershed in the troubled history of European colonialism in Asia.
		Those 502 years began in 1498 with the arrival of Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama's fleet to the coast of India, which kicked off a long series of incursions, invasions and settling of colonies by the Portuguese, British, French, Dutch and Spaniards in the world's most populous continent.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=26747 (1007 words)

	95-03-10: Statement by Macau, HE Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira (EN)
		AS WRITTEN SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, GENERAL VASCO ROCHA VIEIRA, AT THE WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Copenhagen 10th March 1995.
		The opportunity being offered to observers to address the international community at this World Summit for Social Development allows me to bring to your attention the very special circumstances that characterize the territory of Macau.
		Reproduction and dissemination of the document - in electronic and/or printed format - is encouraged, provided acknowledgement is made of the role of the United Nations in making it available.
	www.un.org /documents/ga/conf166/gov/950310144823.htm (806 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Governor Rocha Vieira briefed President Santer on the progress towards Macao's transfer of sovereignty.
		President Santer reaffirmed the importance attached by the Commission to a smooth handover and for Macao to continue to be able to perform its role as a regional platform.
		Macao Governor General Vasco Rocha Vieira welcomes EC President Jacques Santer on 2 November 1998.
	www.delhkg.cec.eu.int /en/newsletter/winter98/page04.htm (369 words)

	Economy of Macau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because the economy is so reliant on tourism and gambling for its well-being, if the flow of tourists slows, it could come as a shock to the small market.
		The push for diversification came in the closing years of Portuguese administration, under Governor General Vasco Rocha Vieira, and has continued to the present, under Governor Edmund Ho Hau-wah.
		The government is seeking foreign investment as a means of economic diversification as well.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Macau (1328 words)

	First Page of Macau News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		overnor General Vasco Rocha Vieira said at an international economics seminar in September that Macau would continue to be a "bridge of understanding" between China and the rest of the world, namely Europe.
		Gen. Vieira made the remark in his opening speech of a seminar on economic integration in southern China, held by the Macau Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority on 22 September.
		Gen. Vieira also pointed out that Asia was now "regaining important positions in the system of international economic relations and China’s integration into this speedy development process presents a new kind of challenge with repercussions throughout all developed societies".
	www.wtc-macau.com /news/n9/n9-5page.htm (552 words)

	tribuneindia... World
		MACAU: Gen. Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, the last Governor of Macau, holds his country's national flag as he leaves the Government Palace in Macau on Sunday.
		Four officers of the Macau security forces folded the flag and presented it to Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira.
		Governor Vieira clutched the flag to his chest and cast a last glance at the Government Palace, which has been his office since April 1991.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99dec20/world.htm (2772 words)

	People's Daily Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Macao Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira left Macao on November 22 for a three-day official visit to Beijing.
		Speaking to the press at the Macao International Airport, Vieira said China and Portugal have maintained fine relations of cooperation and friendship in Macao's transitional period.
		The governor is scheduled to meet Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Vice-Premier Qian Qichen, the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office Director Liao Hui and Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Yingfan.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/199911/23/print19991123N107.html (99 words)

	Handover Ceremony - Photos
		The Governor of Macau, Vasco Rocha Vieira bestows a decoration on the Under-Secretary for Economic Coordination, Vitor Pessoa
		The Governor of Macau, Vasco Rocha Vieira bestows a decoration on the Under-Secretary for Administration, Education and Youth Affairs, Jorge Rangel
		The Governor of Macau, Vasco Rocha Vieira bestows a decoration on the Under-Secretary for Justice, Jorge Noronha e Silveira
	www.macau99.org.mo /photos/dailynews/e_991217.html (178 words)

	Macau 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Both Ho and Vieira have embarked on unrelenting publicity campaigns to assure Macau's trading partners of a smooth transition to Chinese sovereignty.
		On a ten-day visit to Japan this summer, Vieira met with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and reassured the Japanese business community that their relations with post-handover Macau are considered 'pivotal'.
		Governor Vieira has lobbied for two different councils to run the territory's affairs after handover (the 'Leal Senado' and the Municipal Council of Taipa and Coloane islands), but Chinese authorities may opt to merge both entities into a single body.
	www.vegamedia.com /macau/macau2.html (2493 words)

	95-03-11: WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES GENERAL (EN)
		External help and assistance will be required by all of the countries of the region if they are to successfully complete the transition process.
		VASCO ROCHA VIEIRA, Governor of Macau: Currently a territory under Portuguese administration, Macau will come under Chinese sovereignty in December 1999.
		Macau will preserve a unique status beyond that date, working towards a policy of "one country, two systems".
	www.un.org /documents/ga/conf166/press/950311095446.htm (5306 words)

	Nl9910
		Each individual casa would then have the choice of establishing whatever they wished by way of lounges, offices, and other facilities.
		It is with deep regret that we have to report the recent death in Portugal of the father of the Governor of Macau, General Vasco Rocha Vieira and also of Mrs.
		Both the tuna band and the young singers were an instant hit and success.
	www.geocities.com /chanal.geo/MCA/nl9912.htm (1772 words)

	The Militant - Jan. 10, 2000 -- China takes back Macao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Above, women from Macao practice fan dance planned as part of December 20 celebration of the nation's reunification with China and end of Portuguese colonial rule.
		Portuguese governor, Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira, at right, clutched the Portuguese flag.
		Fireworks and other festivities in Macao highlighted the December 20 ceremony celebrating that country's return to China.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6401/640150.html (168 words)

	Macau: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Macau's "old-time" residents were always considered to be Portuguese citizens, enjoying all the rights of citizenship, including automatic entry to Portugal and, as of 1993, to the rest of the European Community.
		In 1991, Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira allowed Chinese citizens to work as civil servants and declared Cantonese an official language along with Portuguese.
		In the September 1992 legislative elections, pro-Chinese organizations won a majority of seats.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=75 (830 words)

	Second Page of Macau News
		Gen. Vieira made the announcement after attending the public presentation of a report by an
		Gen. Vieira held talks with European Commission President Jacques Santer and other top EU officials during his stay in Brussels, among them Leon Brittan and João de Deus Pinheiro.
		Macau constitutes an "added value" of the EU's relations with Asia, Gen. Vieira said upon return from his visit to Brussels.
	www.wtc-macau.com /news/n14/n14-6page.htm (222 words)

	May 18, 1999 NEWS & VIEWS: (may18nv4.htm)
		That discussion formed a backdrop for a meeting on May 17 between Pope John Paul II and Vasco Joachim Rocha Vieira, the governor of Macao.
		On December 19, 1998-- exactly one year his government cedes its power to Chinese control-- Governor Vieira visited Rome to invite the Pope to visit Macao.
		Some Vatican officials reportedly gave a warm reception to that idea, believing that Macao would be an appropriate venue for the papal visit and the promulgation of the exhortation based on the Asian Synod.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/99May/may18nv4.htm (537 words)

	Sun sets on a colonial outpost
		Earlier, the crowds, mostly Chinese, had watched the formal lowering of the Portuguese flag over the government palace.
		Many of the Portuguese watching outside wept as it was lowered, folded and handed to Gen Vasco Rocha Vieira, Macau's 127th and last governor.
		Holding the flag to his chest, the governor walked out of the front gate to his waiting car, to applause and farewell waves.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/12/20/wmac20.html (996 words)

	ALGARVE GOLF COURSES - Newsletter 49
		Two well-known Portuguese personalities were in the field, João de Deus Pinheiro (former Foreign Minister and European Commissioner), and Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira, an ex-Governor of Macau.
		Both claimed prizes for their efforts, João Pinheiro taking 2nd place in the 2nd Handicap section, and Gen. Vieira who gained the best net score for the Seniors.
		Rocha Vieira with course owner, José Lisboa and João de Deus Pinheiro, rt., with Mário Carvalhosa
	www.algarvegolf.net /newsletter/news49.htm (1441 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		For months, Portuguese politicians have been denying, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, that a struggle over gambling, prostitution and loansharking is spiraling out of control in Macau.
		After a recent visit, former president Mario Soares declared flatly: "There is absolutely no problem with crime in Macau." It was a stunning assessment, coming just days after one small bomb exploded outside local police headquarters and another in the garden of Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira.
		That the Portuguese have chosen to avert their eyes from Macau's triad problems is not surprising.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/97/0815/ed2.html (521 words)

	CNN - Portuguese colony picks China-friendly government - Sept. 23, 1996
		Business leaders in Macau, as in the rest of the world, have a stake in China, and rarely do anything to upset the relationship.
		The remaining 15 members are indirectly elected by special interest groups, or appointed by Macau's Portuguese colonial governor, General Vasco Rocha Vieira.
		Macau has been a Portuguese colony for 500 years, acting as a jumping-off point for Western trade with China.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9609/23/macau.elex (459 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| In pictures: Macau returns to China
		Chinese soldiers march in with the Chinese flag shortly before midnight.
		Macau's new Chief Executive Edmund Ho and outgoing Governor Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira embrace in a farewell hug.
		Beijingers take to the streets during celebrations in the Chinese capital to mark the return of Macau to the motherland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/571828.stm (183 words)

	Officers of the Law [Free Republic]
		All the old military barracks had been converted to schools and playgrounds.
		The only remnants of the Portuguese garrison today are the posh Military Club across from the main casino--now a centre for fine dining and cigars--and Gen. Vasco Rocha Vieira, the last governor and a former garrison commander.
		As was the case with Hong Kong and its mainland-migrants problem, however, the situation has changed radically between the signing of the handover agreement and the impending handover itself.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a378c48df635b.htm (1147 words)

	tribuneindia... World
		This shall be my greatest honour and responsibility," he pointed out.
		Mr Ho took over from the last Portuguese Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira, who left Macau along with Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio shortly following the handover ceremony after bidding an emotional farewell to the enclave he had administered for eight years.
		Earlier, 23 members of the first legislative council of Macau SAR, 24 judges, 23 procurators and 10 members of the executive council were sworn in at the same function.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99dec21/world.htm (3283 words)

	Clay Chandler, China Regains Macau After 442 Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Falun Gong representatives in Hong Kong charged that Portuguese officials violated democratic principles at Beijing's behest.
		But at a breakfast meeting with reporters Sunday, Macau's outgoing Portuguese governor, Vasco Rocha Vieira, dismissed that notion.
		Anthony Ng, a legislator often described as Macau's most outspoken advocate of democracy, said concerns about law and order trump concerns about individual liberties or legal due process.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/806.html (881 words)

	Pre-handover secretary says income tax for civil servants would breach Basic Law :: PONTO FINAL :: Portal do Diário de ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Macau's last pre-handover secretary for justice, Jorge Silveira, claims that the Macau government's plan to tax the salaries of its public servants would breach both the Macau Basic Law and the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau.
		Silveira, who is seen as one of the most loyal followers of Macau's last Portuguese governor, General Vasco Rocha Vieira, hinted that it would be difficult for Macau's public servants to appeal to Portuguese or international judicial entities over the planned taxation of their salaries.
		He indicated that Macau's Administrative Court would be "the most obvious" body to deal with public servants' possible legal complaints against the tax.
	www.pontofinalmacau.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=949&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (2650 words)

	CNN.com - Macau police investigate lawyer's disappearance - March 2, 2001
		One newspaper reported that Valente belongs to the committee investigating the controversy.
		It is believed that the ex-governor, General Vasco Rocha Vieira, transfered $50 million in public funds from Macau to his foundation in Lisbon just days before the handover on December 19, 1999.
		But Macau legislator Antonio Ng, who has worked with Valente told CNN.com that the three-member committee was disbanded last year and Valente was not appointed to the committee.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03/02/china.macau.portuguese.missing (452 words)

	People's Daily Online
		Governor Vasco Rocha Vieira bid farewell to Santa Sancha Palace, the exclusive residence of governors of Macao since 1937 this afternoon at 4:30 and then headed for Praia Grande Palace, the governor's office.
		Since 1623, Portugal has assigned 127 governors to Macao, which has been Chinese territory for thousands of years.
		As the last Portuguese representative and supreme ruler in Macao, Vasco Rocha Vieira has contributed to the smooth cooperation on the settlement of Macao Question between Portugal
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/199912/19/eng19991219N105.html (317 words)

	Voz dos Macaenses de Vancouver, Nov.1999 - Newsletter
		On November 2, 1999, we were honoured by a visit from His Excellency, the Governor of Macau, General Vasco Rocha Vieira, who was accompanied by his aide, Mr Tiago Vasconsuelhos.
		His Excellency had been in Portugal where he had met with the Chinese Premier, and was on his return journey to Macau for the final preparations for the handover on December 20, 1999.
		It was truly an honour for us to have had His Excellency visit us in our city and the 200+ guests who turned out to welcome him at a cocktail party at the Pan Pacific were certainly not disappointed.
	www.casademacau.org /Newsletters/1999/1199news.htm (4178 words)

	Catholic World News : Pope Rejects Invitation To Visit Macau
		MACAU (CWNews.com) - Pope John Paul II (bio - news) turned down an invitation to visit Macau later this year before the Portugese colony reverts to Communist Chinese control, according to a spokesman for the Diocese of Macau on Friday.
		The spokesman said the Holy Father had formally declined the invitation by Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung and Governor General Vasco Rocha Vieira to visit before the handover of control on December 19.
		The Holy Father is planning an Asian trip later this year to unveil the results of last year's Synod for Asia.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=10888 (213 words)

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