IN THE DARK? FOLLOW THE SON

"I know Portuguese dances, I didn't join the group, but I can dance. I am lucky to be Portuguese," says Luísa de Mello, Augustine's daughter. At the time, she was attending the last year of secondary school, at Sekolah Canossa Convent, a few meters from the 'Portuguese Square.' "I want to live here in the neighborhood with my family. I like the view of the sea, and be with my friends". She says that some young people in the community are attracted to the best-paid jobs in Singapore, just a few hours from Malacca. "I like to get along with older people than young people," says the teenager, who leads the altar service at the neighborhood chapel, where she is responsible for thirteen children.