WOW! - Macau Report 2
March 3, 1998
Leal Senado 
By David Haase
Leal Senado is Portuguese. It means Loyal
Senate. It is made of Portuguese blue and white tiles. For 250 year sit
represented government and life style of Portugal. It is located in a famous
square called Largo do Senado. The original building was constructed in
the 16th century and reconstructed and extended in 1873 in a form similar
to it’s present appearance. It was once Macau’s government but is now the
mayors office. It contians a walled garden, a libranry, and a Municipal
council chamber, also an art gallery. It is connected to China mainland.
It is near the west coast of Macau mainland.
Ruins Of Saint Paul
by
Yi-Lay Zahn
In 1557 the Portuguese established
a settlement in China. They were the first Europeans to land in China.
Jesuits built churches to worship their God. The churches were mainly
European baroque in style. Some of the other churches more recently
built had Chinese oriental features.
Today the churches of Macau provide
assistance to schools, hospitals and old peoples homes. Churches
are an important part of the Macanese culture and there are over 23,500
christians in Macau. Still, ninety-five percent of the people are
still Buddhist. There are sixty-two Chinese and Portuguese priests.
The church of Saint Paul is located
on Rua (Street) De (Of) S. (Saint) Paulo (Paul), Rua De S. Paulo.
What is left of Saint Paul's church is just the facade. The facade
was built in 1620-1627 by the exiled Japanese Christians. What is
left of the facade looks like this if you are viewing the four tiers from
the front:
Dove
Sun
Half Moon
God-Child-Savior
Lady of Assumption
Francisco de Broja St. Ignatius
St. Francisco Luis Gonzaga
Left Entrance Main
Entrance Right Entrance
There are three naves, three chapels
and two altars.
The chapels are Main chapel, Jesus chapel
and Gospel chapel.
 Interview
With A Chinese Butcher
As the HKIS students entered a
greenish blue building they suddenly started to smell the stench of dead
fish. If you were to close your eyes you would smell a barf-like
smell. The smell was like garbage mixed with blood and effluent.
It smelt like it was comming from the sewer.
A couple seconds later we started
smelling dead meat. Jim, Darren and I went to the second floor of the market.
We smelt a dead pig, cow, frog and duck. On the left there was a
meat section and to the right there was a vegetable section.
The three of us walked over to the meat section. We stopped a lady,
but she didn’t want to talk to us.
We then walked to the furthest
stand away from the stairs. We watched the man cut the fat off the
beef. Then the man looked up. He stared at us and started cutting
again.
We walked off and headed to the
closest one to the stair, but it was still in the meat section. Darren
asked if we could interview them. They agreed and we started asking
them. We asked the Chinese couple:
1) How long have you lived here?
Forty years.
2) What’s your name? Age?
N/A and N/A They didn’t want to
answer personal questions.
3) What do you sell?
We sell pork, beef, duck, pig
noses, intestines and more.
4) Do you have any childeren?
We have one son and one daughter.
5) Is this your only job?
No.
6) Where do you get the meat?
Different parts of China.
7) How much do you serve a day?
About two pigs a day.
8) Where do you live?
In Macau.
9) How late do you work?
From 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
We thanked them for their time
and the interview. As we walked away I thought about having that for a
job. It would most likely be a nasty job. I thought that somebody
could die from the smell or even if you got cut by the big cleaver they
used to cut the meat. We exited the place and headed out to catch
up to the rest of the group.
Written by:
Yi-Lay Zahn
Thanks to:
Darren Poon for translating for
us.
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