Consulado-Geral de Portugal em Macau e Hong Kong

There are 15 consular missions in Macau, of which four are consulates-general, one is a consular office and ten are

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s. Fifty consulates-general and seven honorary consulates in the

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are also accredited to

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. Of the nine honorary consulates in Macau, two are subordinate to consulates-general in Hong Kong. The honorary consulate of Portugal in Hong Kong is subordinate to the consulate-general of Portugal in Macau.

History

When Macau was under

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, there was a Brazilian consul but was closed shortly afterwards. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, when Macau was under Portuguese rule, there was a British consul, John Pownall Reeves, who served between June 1941 and August 1946. He remained there following the

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of British-ruled Hong Kong to the

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ese, as

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was neutral, helping 9,000

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s who had become refugees from the Japanese-occupied colony. The British consulate, which also operated a Hong Kong Government Permit Office, was maintained in Macau until 1967, when, following political unrest the previous December, it was targeted by pro-

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demonstrators who attempted to make the consul,

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, repeat anti-British and anti-Portuguese slogans, before it was evacuated and closed.

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Consular posts with residence in Hong Kong

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Countries without missions

The following countries, which have diplomatic relations with the

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, do not presently have representation in either Macau or Hong Kong, but have proposed establishing consulates: * External Relations Consulates in Macao
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Relations with Mainland China

The

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region The Macau Liaison Office, officially known as the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region ( (abbreviated: ); Portuguese: Gabinete de Ligação do Governo Central na RAEM) is the representative ...

is the representative office of the central government of the People's Republic of China in Macau. It was established on September 21, 1987 as a branch of Xinhua News Agency. It adopted its present name on January 18, 2000.

Relations with Taiwan

The

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, known as the Taipei Trade and Tourism Office in Macau between 1989 and 1999 and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Macau between 1999 and 2011, is a ''de facto'' mission of the

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in Macau.Is name change a game changer?
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'', July 17, 2011

References

External links

List of Consular Posts & Officially Recognized Representatives accredited to the Macao SAR
{{Foreign relations of Macau Foreign relations of Macau

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