1999 12 19 At about 5 pm, the Portuguese flag was flying over the Macao Governor's Office for nearly 400 years, and it slowly lowered with the sound of Chu Qing after the Rain, the Portuguese national anthem of Macao. It took nearly a minute to lower the flag at half mast. Australian Governor Wei Qili took the lowered national flag and clung to his chest to pay tribute to the people around him. After that, he and his wife got on the bus and left under the escort of motorcycle guards. The Australian Governor's Office lowered the flag for the last time today, which means the end of 400 years of Portuguese rule in Macao. Half an hour ago, the Governor of Macao, Mr. Wei Qili and his wife, with their three sons, bid farewell to the Zhuzi Hall, the official residence where they lived for eight years, and drove to the Governor's Office of Macao not far away. Then, the 42nd Portuguese Governor-General in Macau stood on the red carpet in front of the Australian Governor-General's Office, silently watching the Nanwan Governor-General's Office with a history of 150 years. A few hours later, he left Macao.

The last landing of the Portuguese flag from the Governor's Office of Macao marked the end of Portugal's rule in Macao. In the early morning of the 20th, the China government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao.