Macau Red Cross

Macau Red Cross
Macau Red Cross
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	澳門特別行政區紅十字會
Simplified Chinese	澳门特别行政区红十字会
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Àomén Tèbiéxíngzhèngqū Hóngshízì Huì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	ou3 mun42 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 hung4 sap6 zi6 wui62
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Cruz Vermelha da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau

Medical Transfer Service Centre in Areia Preta [zh], Nossa Senhora de Fátima

The Macau Red Cross (Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Macau, Chinese: 澳門紅十字會) is a branch of the Red Cross in Macau. The headquarters is in the China Civil Plaza (中土大廈) in Sé. It also has a Medical Transfer Centre (醫療輔助服務中心) in the Edificio Industrial Hap Si (合時工業大廈) in Areia Preta [zh], Nossa Senhora de Fátima.^[1]

It is the humanitarian organisation in the territory that has existed for the longest time.^[2]

The previous head office is in São Lourenço.^[3]

History

The Portuguese Red Cross [pt]'s presence in Macau began in 1920,^[4] and became established as a delegation in 1943. A chapter of the book The Red Cross Movement described the Macau Red Cross as "simultaneously, a local creation, a delegation integrated into a national/colonial context, an inter-imperial structure and part of a transnational institution with global reach."^[5] The Macau Red Cross left the Portuguese organisation and joined the Red Cross Society of China effective 20 December 1999.^[4]

It supports a school in Heba Town [zh], Shiqian County, Tongren, Guizhou: Melco Crown-Macau Red Cross Bo-Ai Primary School (新濠博亚澳门红十字博爱小学).^[6] It first opened in 1964 and had its current facility open in 2017.^[7]

Ambulance Fleet

Macau Red Cross operates a fleet of ambulances (MB Sprinter vans, Toyota Coaster minibuses, Toyota Hiace van) to supplement the fire service's amubulance fleet.^[8] Part of the fleet operates from Areia Preta Station.

Gallery

Red Cross ambulance fleet
Red Cross Hiace van
Red Cross Coaster minibus
Red Cross Coaster minibus
Red Cross Areia Preta ambulance depot

References

Neville Wylie; Melanie Oppenheimer; James Crossland, eds. (2020). "The Red Cross in wartime Macau and its global connections". The Red Cross Movement: Myths, Practices, Turning Points. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526133526.00024. ISBN 9781526133526. S2CID 216481909. - Read chapter online

Notes

^ "Contact". Macau Red Cross. Retrieved 2021-02-20. Alameda Doutor Carlos D'Assumpção, No. 255-263, China Civil Plaza, 3rd Floor, Macau
EM Macau, Rua Seis do Bairro da Areia Preta No.18, Industrial Hap Si AR/C - Chinese addresses: "新口岸宋玉生廣場255至263號中土大廈三樓" and "澳門黑沙環第六街18號合時工業大廈AR/C"
^ "Stamp Issue "Centenary of the Macau Red Cross"". Government of Macau. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
^ "聯絡我們". Macau Red Cross. 2001-03-11. Archived from the original on 11 March 2001. Retrieved 2021-02-21. 總部 (Headquarters) 澳門西灣民國大馬路58-60號 Avenida da República No.58-60, Macau 郵政信箱 Post Box:No 106[...]紅十字會「亨利杜南」中心 Henri Dunant Centre 新口岸宋玉生廣場第235至287號中土大廈三樓 Alameda Doutor Carlos do Assumpçao, No. 235 e 287, Edf. China Civil Plaza, 3º andar, Macau
^ ^a ^b "Centenary of the Macau Red Cross" (PDF). CTT (Macau). Retrieved 2021-02-20. - Traditional Chinese version, Simplified Chinese version, Portuguese version
^ The Red Cross in wartime Macau and its global connections
^ MCE Volunteers spread love
^ "澳门红十字会援建小学在石阡落成". Guizhou Ribao. Xinhua. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2021-02-21. [...]1月9日,由澳门红十字会援建的新濠博亚澳门红十字博爱小学在铜仁市石阡县河坝镇[...]本次落成的新濠博亚澳门红十字博爱小学原校始建于1964年,[...]
^ Care ambulance redcross.org.mo