The Malacca Portuguese-Eurasian Association objects to any move to change the name to Bukit Melaka. FMTNews Melaka
The preoccupation with changing names from our colonial past is approaching the periphery of mass hysteria.
The Portuguese gave it religious significance. They named the hill as “Hill of the Lady”, with attribution to the “Church of Our Lady of Annunciation”, built in thanksgiving to Mary, mother of Jesus, for the safe return to Melaka of a major Portuguese navy expedition. A miracle was revealed when the body, after exhumation, was found to be uncorrupted and intact. It remains so to this day in its resting place in a church in Goa.
The hill was also dotted with other offices and quarters for Dutch ranking officers and their families. The graves and cemetery are still being maintained by the Dutch government. The present-day descendants among the Portuguese-Eurasian community have maintained ancestral ties and are fully aware of their ancestral connections.
The greater Malaysian legacy is without doubt led by the major Malay-Bumiputra heritage, while still nurturing and protecting all the other minor legacies. This includes the smallest minority of all and the scions of our colonial past — the Portuguese-Eurasian legacy.
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