As it Happened Macau's Handover December 19th 1999 Ray Rudowski's Historical Archive Part 5/7
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- As a journalist first for ATV, then TVB for 5 years I covered events leading up to the handover and beyond between 1995-2000.
On December 19th 1999 the the eve of Macau's historic handover from Portuguese Colony to Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China I recorded the daylong coverage.
Here for historians and researchers as well as friends and colleagues is how it looked and felt on that day.
In this segment:
00:01 Portugal's President Jorge Sampaio continues his his speech
06:03 The Portuguese flag lowering ceremony begins
the hong kong handover video is so popular whereas the macau handover has far lesser views
I can think of some reasons why:
-Macau is far less populated than Hong Kong, and is also smaller by area. Hong Kong has a huge economic and geopolitical standing at the time of their handover compared to Macau.
-Hong Kong is also far more receptive of its relations to the PRC, what with the continuous protests that are heard by the rest of the world, so they tend to look back at their handover. Macau, meanwhile, isn't as noisy, and seemed to take their transition more smoothly than Hong Kong, so they're not too resistant.
Most people have never heard of Macau
Its because of auld lang syne
Yes
@@TheHolyMongolEmpire Well, I have! I visited there in June, 1980.
The Macau Special Administrative Region is directly under the authority of the central government of China in Beijing, which controls the foreign policy and defense of Macau. Macau still operates with a high degree of autonomy and will so to at least 2049.
Why at least 2049?
@@couldYouEverIgnore because that was how long China accepted it would do till. Whether it integrates it or not is up to current speculation
I thought it was 2047???
@@churrchiltank1853 Hong Kong was returned to PR China in 1997 and it can have its autonomy for 50 more years, that is, till 2047. Macau was returned in 1999 and they can also enjoy autonomy for 50 years, till 2049.
@@churrchiltank1853 2047, try gone already! Autonomy and freedom on paper only
The most saddest anime Handover in European history. This is how boy sad when Handover happening
Macau is a slightly better place now than it was as a Portuguese colony. Decolonization is not a sad event.
@@holdenennis I'm from Macau, before the transfer of sovereignty over Macau, 30% of Macau people disliked Portuguese rule. After the transfer of sovereignty only 3 years, it dropped to 20%.
@@user-yr4td2ht6s what percent liked Portuguese rule?
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7:46 the police officer on the left swings wrong arm. This also happened to HK handover on Hong Kong Police Officer at the middle on the Chinese side
We are only human! Lol
Well spotted!!
Num dia muito triste, ainda me lembro como se fosse ontem. Agora tudo o que podemos fazer é conter o que resta de Portugal. Saudações da bela cidade do Funchal, Madeira. 🇵🇹
I kept wanting the commentator to be quiet as the flags lowered, but I must say the line at 10:00 was timed so well.
The anthem being at a less upbeat part combined with the shot of Jiang Zemin looking on is just so ominous and kinda gives off chills
9:30 Portugal
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This is the most devastating occurrence to happen to Macau.
Huh???? Macau has never had a higher quality of life than it does now.
Actually not true, housing prices and homeless rates have skyrocketed ever since the handover. And overall quality of life for the average citizen has gone down. You think fancy casinos make our lives better?!?!
@@dimitrigama7134 housing prices are not a measure of quality of life. In fact the higher the quality of live - usually the more expensive a place is. And the Chinese government has been making Macau diversify it's economy so it doesn't rely on casinos... So what is your point? Homelessness is going up in cities all over the world
Marcus Vlogger Please join Portugal once again, we would be so powerful
@@dinis8271 Ñao
I see Antonio Guterres sitting at the back
Good eye
He was the Prime Minister of Portugal in 1999
still had black hair
9:28
10:56
One dark day for Macau and same goes for Hong Kong two years earlier
+Legoboy2000 dark day?? Macau overtook Las Vegas and is highly prosperous ever since China took what is theirs
+thesuperproify Colonialism has left everything in a mess. It's just right that China gets her territories back. You better learn Mandarin if you want to survive in this economy. Portugal is dirt poor. You better work hard play by the rules and you shall succeed. Oh I forgot even if you work hard, the Portuguese economy is not doing well. There seems to be almost no jobs for young adults. I am so sorry to say this.
and you think people overall live better? you think healthcare is better? education? Macau never had a problem with money! Now, yes we make 10x's more than Vegas for what? for who? what benefit are the citizens getting out it? more corruption, less life quality, shit air, 30 million visitor a year, you barely can walk in the city, rent jumping up to roof. you notion of prosperous is very poor.
Zé Ze lol Macau GDP percapita is $142.000
even richer than Qatar
thesuperproify There you go.
The end of our lovely empire, viva Portugal!
"Lovely"??? An empire build on kidnapping - slavery - robbery - extortion - murder - genocide is "lovely"? Macau is probably the only colony without a whole lot of blood on Portuguese hands...
@@Amidat relax there snowflake
@@vibecheck4623 trust me - i've seen more real life danger than you. but that's what happens with internet punks. snowflake i am not.
@@Amidat really you have ? Your acting like a entitled brat that thinks he is the only one that has been through hardship guess what Snow flake so have I but you don't see me getting triggered
@@vibecheck4623 entitled brats are the ones who make judgements about people they have no clue about. I stated a fact about European colonialism and you indeed got triggered. the comical part is you can't see
This is still painful to watch after 25 years, for all those who've been there in both territories Macau, and also Hong Kong 🇵🇹
Portugal is our host country for NATO Expo 2009
I hope your Portugal stop interfering Hong Kong or Macao affair. This is a internal affair of Chinese Government.
@@wangwang2048 Fuck china bro
@@wangwang2048 The people of China are more prisoners than citizens.
Antonio Guterres can be seen seated
Cries in Portuguese
Why aren’t the Macau citizens also fighting for independence? I can imagine the Macanese identity and mixed Chinese- Portuguese creole race and language will be lost by 2050.
I remember reading somewhere that they like China way more than Hong Kong does but I'd double check that obviously
@@williamweber2382 No it didn't. Portugal was the one who introduced gambling in Macau. Gambling is illegal in mainland China
macau is so small and most peoples lives there are stable people dont really complain
It has already disappeared, portuguese is almost not spoken there.
you need to speak it to be able to have government position I believe
New Zealand & Hong Kong 🇳🇿🇭🇰
One day, both the Union Jack and the Portuguese Flag will fly over Hong Kong and Macau again, respectively.
+Jose torres I think you should worry about ISIS flags fly over London.
+Jose torres And will rise up in USA for sure
+Jose torres in your dream fucktard, China could fly the red flag up every Britons and Portuguese asses if they wants to
Heheehehehe! Colonialist, racist, look around you. We all gonna be Asian. You better learn Chinese if you want to be of any economic importance. The world for you unfortunately is changing. You lost man, you are the biggest loser.
Portugal wanted to give Macau back to China for at least 20 years before the actual handover, so Portugal controlling Macau again is NOT going to happen.
8:28 the National flag of Portugal and Portuguese Macau flag will lowered and National flag of PRC and Macau S.A.R. being raised.
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The darkest day in Macau's 457 year history.
Kenttheclark Perhaps the GDP of Macau rized enormously. That's just because Stanley Ho didn't have such a good relationship with Jiang Zemin while he pretty much controlled the Portuguese Macau government. And besides who got rich? Many residents of Portuguese Macau emigrated during this period as Portugal granted Macanese the right of abode in Portugal. China got the land, then just replaced the population with a new, more oobedientone. This new obedient population was the one that got rich, not the True Macanese.
Kenttheclark And now, Macau's culture is endangered, the Macanese people are becoming endangered, and so YES, from this point of view, 20/12/1999 was the darkest day in Macau's 457 year history.
HK_Nation 1841 oh dear. what a shame. culture is obviously the single most important thing! Not quality of life, not life expectancy, but culture! This is why we must never develop the tribes of africa, because they'll lose their CULTURE.
Well said, KnnthClark
Kenttheclark Macau's quality of life, if you base it on HDI or other charts than fine, but Macau is no longer what it used to, a laid back, somewhat poor but happy place. And now 1 million people (counting tourists) crammed into a space the size of half Manhattan with the language eradicated, local shops bulldozed, iconic buildings demolished... Macau was named a developed economy by the IMF in the early 1990s, so it is indeed saddening to see all of these icons of Macau disappear without any trace.
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@@tombrigden7075 not really. Britian stunted Portuguese economic growth through shady trade agreements and considered never leaving after Napoleon was kicked out.
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The Portuguese should retake Macau and same goes to the British for Hong Kong and India, the Dutch for Indonesia, French for Vietnam and Spaniards for Philippines
this is so painfull to watch
yeah and im not even portuguese
This is so... Joyful to watch.
Good
Over 1 billion people cheered in China... Hundreds of millions around the globe who suffered under European colonialism elsewhere in the world - rejoiced as well.
@@Amidat I am happy that Macau is where it belongs with China!
Greetings from Portugal!
And I on behalf of my country apologize for the suffering we, on the other side of the ocean, caused Macau.
Don't cry for me Portugal
So rude of the anchor to be speaking over the Portuguese anthem
Do they make all of this ceremony in the hall? At first, I think they make this outside.
Macau doesn't care that much about freedom , democracy and westernization . It's has Portuguese culture food and strong traditions. It looks like lissabon. Hong Kong is not really classical London more a econonic modern capitalist hub.
Exactly.
The Handover Ceremony was similar the British handover Hong Kong to China. This were a good era for Hong Kong and Hongkongers.
Just like that 400 years of history vanished.
A maioria dos políticos portugueses pós 25 de Abril, limitaram-se a "vender" o que outros conquistaram com um elevado preço, a vida. O Amor a esta nobre nação e imortal, periga a cada década que passa. Macau a província ultramarina que se superou, um exemplo para todas as outras inclusive para Portugal. A vontade do povo macaense, em vingar fez com que se construi-se uma ponte por mais de 500 anos, entre o Oriente e o Ocidente, perpetuando-se nas nossas memórias para todo o sempre. Macau é o exemplo, de como dois povos tão diferentes, através de um espírito uno se podem construir verdadeiras maravilhas a bem dos povos.
Viva Portugal! Viva Macau, livre e independente!
Whatever you guys think, PRC has its power to recapture Hong Kong and Macau and it did it, 捞閪。
Macau always 😅 better than Hong Kong
9:00 is chinese officer 😐🤔 no official is Portuguese officer
He looks chinese but he is portugese
In front of a superpower country nobody dares to say no to Chinese government.
I'm not sure how humans can justify handing over other humans into slavery. It's sad.
Was on a 99 year lease they had too?
@@Nz_HistoryNo, Macau was given to Portugal in perpetuity
Shutup white man
RIP Jiang Zemin
Like all good things our empire had to end.
Don´t be sad that it ended be happy that it happened.
The Portuguese never give credit to Venice and Genoa without which there never would have been a Portuguese Empire.
@@scintillam_dei Genoa and Venice supplied navigators, but columbus arrival to the americas is a Spanish feat not an Italian so it´s no different, they also supplied maps and etc... but the Portuguese schools and other institutes quickly replaced them with way better maps and new navigation tools.
@@professionaltaxevader4638 and Columbus studied navigation in Portugal, his ship was portuguese
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One step closer to restoring the Chinese empire......
They should have stayed in Macau and China!!
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9:31 end of looters thieves empire 10:56 beginning of great era
End of European Colonial Rule & Beginning of Macau's End
t.Ahmed
I donr see how being forced to only have two children is very great? A bit shit that
@@tombrigden7075 Because you are clueless like many others. There is no 2 child limit in Macau... In fact - in much of China there wasn't. It wasn't enforced in rural areas where hundreds of millions of people lived... And if you were an ethnic minority it never existed... Clueless
Pfffff yes, if you dream to be a great slave.
My idea of Portuguese Fairytale Comics and Media:
Adela and Rabbit (Adela e Coelho) (Portugal, 1974-1977)
Adela and Rabbit: The Series (Adela e Coelho o Serie) (Portugal, 1974-1977)
Adela's Adventures (As Aventuras de Adela) (Portugal, 1978-1979)
The Return of Adela and Rabbit (O Retorno de Adela e Coelho) (Portugal, 1979-1980)
Adela and Rabbit Presents: Adela meets Rumpelstiltskin (Adela e Coelho Apresenta: Adela encontra Rumpelstichen) (Portugal, 1980)
Adela and Rabbit Presents: Adela meets Cinderella (Adela e Coelho Apresenta: Adela encontra Cinderela) (Portugal, 1980)
Adventures with Pedrotico (Pedrotico: O Aventura) (Portugal, 1981-1983)
Adela and Rabbit Presents: Adela meets Rapunzel (Adela e Coelho Apresenta: Adela encontra Rapunzel) (Portugal, 1984)
what the actual fuck
9:28 end of looter thieve Portugal empire
10:56 beginning of new era
Deves estar a brincar certo?
Jajajajaja you must be kiding
Go home Portugal
Our home is the world, through the seas
They don't have one, all the countries they stoled fired back at them
@@shincaioo what are you talking about ?
@@mangmang-Study History, ignorant.