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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (10115)	12/19/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Asia's first coloniser leaves last with tears and handshakes T J S GEORGE MACAU, DECEMBER 19: The story of colonialism ended in Asia tonight. Finally, formally. At the stroke of midnight, flags fluttered, bells pealed and guns boomed as Portugal gave Macau back to China ending 442 years of Portuguese rule over the 23.5 sq km territory. Portugal was the first to come to Asia as colonisers -- and the last to go. Macau, which became the first European territory in the far east when it was rented by China to Portuguese silk and spice traders in 1557, was returned to China under the "one country, two systems" formula used for the hand over of Hong Kong by Britain in 1997 guaranteeing autonomy for 50 years. Incidentally, today's handing over ceremony was exactly 38 years after India liberated another Portuguese colony in Asia, Goa....... indian-express.com