Theseira (left) and Lazaroo at the "Festa San Pedro" in Melaka on Friday.
MELAKA: The Portuguese community got their first woman village head in an otherwise male-dominated leadership of the settlement at Ujong Pasir here.
Jacinta Lazaroo, 55, was recently minted as the head of the Portuguese Settlement's Village Security and Welfare Committee (JKKK) after her appointment was consented by Melaka Housing, Local Government and Environment committee chairman Tey Kok Kiew.
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