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151 A Western lady wearing a beaded and embroidered wedding dress cannot help displaying a broad smile.
 
152 A Western lady wearing a beaded and embroidered wedding dress cannot help displaying a broad smile.
 
153 A bright red wedding sedan chair passing by the Nam Wan Hotel.
 
154 Four strong men carrying a richly decorated red wedding sedan chair through the street.
 
155 Part of the process of making fireworks could be completed outside the factory. This is firecracker case paper rolling with the help of a tool rack.
 
156 Part of the process of making of firecracker making. Children of the poor were not given any exemption in earning an extra penny for the family.
 
157 Children hammering the iron needle with a block of wood to seal off one end of a firecracker. This process is called firecracker awling.
 
158 Firecrackers were bound into a hexagon called a Firecracker Block.
 
159 An old lady concentrating fully on firecracker sealing work.
 
160 Returning firecracker blocks to the factory.
 
161 Firecracker blocks being sun-dried at the factory.
 
162 Sundrying mosquito repellent coils.
 
163 Fruit being dried in the sun.
 
164 Seasoning sauce was another by-product of the fruit processing plant.
 
165 Sails being repaired on the open ground for the next trip.
 
166 A fishing net being mended.
 
167 A woman breaking granite pieces for civil construction.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
172 A fisher woman carrying her fishing equipment and walking along the waterfront at Rua do Visconde Paço de Arcos.
 
173 Fisher women sorting their catches at the waterfront.
 
174 Fishing women at the Inner Harbour at Rua da Praia do Manduco tidily dressed up for a shopping day. They wrapped their hair with a stiff, dyed shawl. Their babies were on their backs.
 
175 A fruitful shopping day for a fishing couple. They would have returned to their fishing boat by taking a light passenger boat.
 
176 There were nine light passenger boats servicing the island of Taipa in the thirties.
 
177 A joyful atmosphere during Chinese New Year when over one thousand fishing boats lay at anchor in the Inner Harbour at Rua da Praia do Monduco and in the waters of Taipa and Coloane in order to celebrate the festival.
 
178 A cargo boat transporting barrels of kerosene to the fishing boats for refueling at sea.
 
179 A fisher woman carrying a baby on her back and sculling the boat to give a lift to a passenger. This was how she made her living. The hat she wears was typical of boat people.
 
180 After the catch had been unloaded, water was drained from the cabin to reduce the weight of the boat for its return journey.
 
181 A light passenger boat (or Water Taxi of today) waiting for passengers at the pier.
 
182 A fisherman sits and rows at the stern of the white painted boat causing it to turn sideways towards the water surface. The fish is surprised when it catches sight of the white board and jumps into the boat.
 
183 Netting fish at a fishing hut at Sai Wan on the Macau peninsula.
 
184 A fishing boat netting fish near Green Island.
 
185 Autumn is the season for catching perch. This fisherman living in a fishing hut at Sai Wan (near today's oil depot) has a broad smile on his face because of his rich catches.
 
186 Netting fish in the shallow water of Coloane Island but with only poor catches of small fish and shrimps.
 
187 Salted fish fluid from the cabin being carried on shore from the cabin. It could be made into delicious fish sauce for seasoning food.
 
188 Nets being dried in the sun on a deep-water fishing boat near Coloane.
 
189 This three-masted fishing boat is three-storeys high. Fish netting could be done at the sides of the boat. The cabin was beautifully decorated and could carry from thirty to forty people. Sometimes teachers were hired to be on board to teach children.
 
190 Fishing nets in the sun at the stern of a shrimp boat.
 
191 Fishing boats at anchor. The sail is six to seven feet tall and hoisting it required a manpower of four to six people and two to three hours. It was such a strenuous and time-consuming exercise that sails would not be set without a special reason.
 
192 A lamp was hung on the mast of cargo ships and lit as a warning sign for the other boats at night to avoid collisions.
 
193 Fishing boats speeding towards the Inner Harbour before sunset to sell their catches in the fish market.
 
194 This fishing boat patrols the waters of Yang Jiang, Dian Bai and Tai Shan. Anchors were mainly dropped along the waterfront of the Tam Kung Temple and Li Zhi Wan, Coloane.
 
195 A shrimp boat (middle), a fishing boat (foreground) and a cargo boat
 
196 A shrimp-catching boat fishing near the sea. Its catches of fish, crabs and prawns generated a good income.
 
197 A cargo ship transporting goods from Da Tan Zhou to Zhan Jiang. Ships sailed only during the day and lay at anchor at night.
 
198 A cargo boat (front) and a fishing boat (rear) netting fish along the shore of Coloane. On shore, perhaps appreciating the natural scenery, are the goats reared by an Indian.
 
199 A cargo boat with torn sails transporting gravel as construction material from Coloane Island to the piers at Nam Wan.
 
200 A shrimp boat sailing on the Heng Qin waterway near Taipa island.
 

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