ຨი۩ • UM Members' Thoughts ᰎ૭ᑓゆ • 2019 UMAGAZINE 21 55 After the signing of the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macao in 1987, Macao was to pursue the localisation of the civil service, language (with Chinese serving as an official language) and law. ‘Legislation in Macao did not come with a Chinese translation until the late 1980s. All the laws created in the past, including the Commercial Code that came into force in 1888, had no Chinese version. So we had to translate the laws. We could either translate them as they were, or take the opportunity to reform them to provide Macao with a more modern legal environment. The government took the latter path,’ he says. The new Commercial Code came into force shortly before the handover of Macao in 1999. At that time, Prof Garcia already had three children who were born in Macao and a close tie with the city. While some of his Portuguese friends were planning to leave Macao, he felt an obligation to stay in FLL to teach commercial law according to the new law. Students Across the Legal Sector On FLL’s role, Prof Garcia says, ‘The FLL is the oldest law school in Macao. Its objective is to train jurists with expertise in Macao’s legal system for all kinds of legal tasks. The programmes offered by the FLL aim to nurture legal professionals to serve the local community. The majority of the legal professionals, including judges, public prosecutors, jurists in the civil service and lawyers, are our graduates. Also, some of our graduates are current or former members of the Legislative Assembly.’ Prof Garcia has taught commercial law and company law for decades, and he fondly remembers many outstanding students. ‘One of my former students is now a judge,’ he says. ‘When she enrolled in our Bachelor of Law programme in Portuguese, she could hardly speak any Portuguese, but she did not give up and did very well later on. After getting her degree, she entered the civil service and eventually became a judge. She also did a master’s programme with me. Now she speaks Portuguese fluently. I am amazed and very proud of her because I know the difficulties she has overcome with the language.’ Garciaᐑእゐ䢬19 Ǖˬ⮗⢊⢍ ᒛǖ▤⟅ྭ 䢬Պ ؿ ᕲঁ ٨Ǎˬᐵᆑ 為ᢩ ཕゆᐵ ݶ ᧈྫྷ ᕲঁ ٨ᆑ᳤ ᰎ㟑㐿 ᫃ᕧⅰ˓૭⾾ ؿ ǎǗॺᰎ㟑 〔ב ⅰᧈྫྷ 䢬⾾19 0͜ ᕱ㟘ୣ ᆾᕔˬᐵḙ ᕲ䢬́ נ ⅰᧈྫྷ 䢬ϟᒴ1 〔 ⒢ⅰǕ ࠇ ᧈՒǖ㓃ᦒᕔˬᐵǎ् ᢪ䢬 ᆒм⾾ധᆳᕔᧈྫྷ ⠹ㄷ䢬⾾˗ൄ ᒴ ۆ ണ˗ ঁػ ⠹ㄷ䢬⾾˗ൄ ᒴ㈴ᕅᑓೇ мǍ᳤ ᰎ㟑₍˕ˍзέ͜ ٨ⅰᧈྫྷ 䢬⡈᐀㑢̜ྭ ⡃ǎǘ 1999ᰎ㟑ोᢵ ૢנ 䢬ᑓⅰǕ ࠇ ᧈ Ւǖᢩ ཕᐅ䢬₢ᒿGarciaᐑእຂॺ ᰎ㟑⢺ᕔ˓зಞଛ䢬⦾㐛з৪ཅ⒢̜ ۂ᪦ ⅰ㐥♺ǎ㢮ᴿ͒ ˍ̬ ⮗⭉Ḧ ᕖۡ ₢ᒿ㑢㢹㟘䢬Π͒ ྲ ᕔㆺͭ ₍ॺᧈಾ㡕䢬᳤ ಾᐑእ͞ ᑓǕ ࠇ ᧈ Ւǖ᳤ ⍓ⅰ ࠇ ᧈǎ 學㑀Τྮ ₇ Garciaᐑእゐ䢺Ǘᆒмᒴᰎ㟑ᢴ܀ᕍၲ ˽ⅰᧈಾ㡕䢬㩼⾾↷ⅰᒴ᳤ ᰎ㟑㨱 2019䢬(BrDiBᐑእ䢨܁ˍ䢩ε᳤ ᰎ૭͜ ⻠॰ⅰˍ 〯⬃ᙔԱᐑ⢺૭ಾǎ In 2019, Prof Garcia (1st from right), as member of a UM delegation, visits Pedagogical University in Mozambique.
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