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'''Dr. Roberto Alexandre de Castro Basto''', [[M.D.]], [[B.S.]], [[M.R.C.S.]], [[L.R.C.P.]], D.O.M.S. was a Hong Kong doctor and member of the [[Sanitary Board]] and later [[Urban Council of Hong Kong|Urban Council]].
Dr. de Castro Basto was educated at the [[University of Hong Kong]] and got his [[Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery]] in May 1921. He was the second local Portuguese to graduate in Medicine from the University of Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite book|page=169|title=An impossible dream: Hong Kong University from foundation to re-establishment, 1910-1950|first=Peter|last=Cunich|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=0195938429}}</ref> He obtained his qualification to practise medicine in July 1921. At that time his registered address was "Bay View", [[Mody Road]], [[Kowloon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette|date=22 July 1921|number=318|page=304|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1921/71838.pdf}}</ref>
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Dr. de Castro Basto [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1930|was elected]] to the [[Sanitary Board]] which managed the colony's sanitary affairs, on 8 December 1930 without contest, replacing [[José Pedro Braga|J. P. Braga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1930/747.pdf|title=Annual Report 1930|work=Hong Kong Government}}</ref> He was [[Hong Kong sanitary board election, 1933|re-elected uncontested]] on 27 December 1933. He continued to serve on the board and it was transformed into the [[Urban Council of Hong Kong|Urban Council]] in 1936 and [[Hong Kong municipal election, 1937|was re-elected]] on 13 January 1937.
In the [[Hong Kong municipal election, 1940|1940 Urban Council election]], he faced challenge from [[Alberto Maria Rodrigues]], later member of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive]] and [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Councils]]. He was nominated by [[Sir Henry Pollock]] and Major [[C. M. Manners]]. He lost to Rodrigues on the election held on 29 February by 266 to 407 votes. His registered address at that time was Beau Sejour, 123 [[Argyle Street, Hong Kong|Argyle Street]], Kowloon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1940/580495.pdf|number=135|date=2 February 1940|page=152|title=The Hongkong Government Gazette}}</ref>
During the [[Pacific War]], he moved to Australia and started his practise in [[Sydney]] since 1942. His registered at that time was [[Commonwealth Trading Bank]] Head Office in Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1974/V/general/71.pdf|title=Medical Register and Register of Specialist Practitioners for 1974|date=22 July 1974|work=Victoria Government Gazette}}</ref>
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