"The 3rd Asian Portuguese Community Conference (APCC) that will take place in Malacca, once again, one of the most emblematic landmarks of the Portuguese presence in the Indian Ocean, is extremely important to the future of those communities and to Portugal. These communities scattered from Indonesia to Sri Lanka and beyond, in spite of all their peculiarities, have much in common: the language (the Kristang/Papiamento/the Indo-Portuguese), culture, gastronomy and love for their uniqueness found in their religiosity, in their nicknames, music and folklore. In a moment of great concern of mine about the World situation, I want to launch a vehement and hopeful appeal for Portugal's imperative need and responsibility to defend the causes, ethics, values and principles of tolerance, dialogue and humanity, without which I do not personally see a promising future. It is crucial to assimilate the ideals of Fraternity, participating in the genesis of a new human paradigm: fairer, mor