Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day This day commemorates the Chinese government assuming formal sovereignty over Macau in 1999. This day is an obligatory holiday in Macau. The Portuguese became the first settlers in the 16th century, and paid an annual rent of Silver to the Chinese, up until 1863. After the Carnation Revolution ofContinue reading “Holiday on 20th December”
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Holidays on 2nd December
Laos National Day This day marks the establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 1975. By the 20th century Lao had become a French protectorate. Following the end of World War Two, resistance to French control grew and the Pathet Lao resistance organisation was formed by the Indochinese Communist Party. The armed struggle againstContinue reading “Holidays on 2nd December”
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