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Resolutions
recorded at the Close of the Mini Conference after the Panel Discussion
on Papers presented on the 6th. & 7th. January 1996. Recorded by Prof.
Mario P Nunes and Prof. David Cheong.
Prof. David Cheong, Workshop Facilitator &
Conference Coordinator, Lecturer at University of Macau, elder
son of Joan Margaret Marbeck. Currently doing his Doctoral Thesis
in International Finance at Brandeis University, Boston, MASS.U.S.A
Click here > http://people.brandeis.edu/~davche
for more information on David.
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1. Teaching of Portuguese and Kristang
a) Start Kristang lessons in the Nursery School at the
Portuguese Settlement. Informal lessons for Children and Adults should
also be organised by native-speakers of the community. Kristang Lessons
could be published in 'Nobas' a community paper written in English.
A Taskforce should be set up to research and publish a Kristang Language
Manual.
b) To encourage members of the community who are already
for Tertiary Education to study the Portuguese Language at the University
of Malaya or abroad in Portugal so that they will be able to help others
in the learning of Standard Portuguese and Kristang on their return.
c) To conduct a census so as to estimate the number
of Portuguese descendants interested in studying Portuguese and Kristang.
2. Religious
a) To request that the Bishop of Johor-Melaka liase
with the Papal Nuncio in Thailand for a Portuguese priest to be stationed
as Parish Priest of St.Peter's Church.
b) To revive the traditions and celebrations of religious
Festivals particularly the Feast of St.John the Baptist, Intrudu, Easter
and the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady.
3. Social/ Economic
a) To set up a Task Force comprising members of the
Eurasian community in Malaysia academics and professionals from here
and abroad for regular conferences to monitor the development of the
Kristang Heritage .
b) To be indentified as Malaysian-Eurasians or Malacca-Portuguese
instead of 'Others'
c) To evaluate the possibility of the Malacca-Portuguese
community linking up with the Commonwealth of Portuguese-speaking nations.
d) To co-operate in the realisation of a periodical
meeting of representatives of Portuguese-based Creole speaking communities
from around the world.
e) To propose to relevant authorities the organisation
of a pavillion that will feature Portuguese-based Creole-speaking communites
at the EXPO'98 in LISBON, Portugal.
f) To investigate the possibility of starting up a Branch
or Representative Office of a Portuguese Bank.
g) To look into the possibility of setting up a Research
& Cultural Centre for Portuguese Heritage studies of S.E.Asia in
Malacca.
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