Linguistic AHC: Make Macanese Creole the dominant language of Macau

The Macanese is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in Macau. It was developed under Portuguese colonization started in the mid-1500s by intermarriage between Portuguese men and women from Sri Lanka/Ceylon and Malacca, mixing their respective languages. The speakers (and the language itself) augmented in 1600s by immigration from other erstwhile Portuguese territories (Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Malacca and Indonesia) and the arrival of Japanese Christians.

Now, it was declared a very endangered language by the UNESCO, as it was spoken by very few in Macau.

Here's the question: What are the measures should be taken to make Macanese spoken by most of the population in Macau until the present day?

(Note: The possibility of intermarriage between Macanese/Portuguese and Cantonese-speaking Han Chinese population can be discussed, too.)
 
Very difficult even with a Luso-wank. Hong Kong has the advantage of rule by the world's former hyperpower whose language still rules the world. And even then, English was never natively spoken by the Chinese population.

There is simply no scope for mass settlement from the Portuguese Empire even if Portugal annexed Hengqin Island due to Macau's size.
 
I guess with a more liberal and stable Portuguese polity in the 1700s and 1800s, you could see the beginning of devolution for its colonial empire... then you might have Macanese creole legitimized as an official language in Macau, which would boost speakership. Would never be a truly native language spoken by the Chinese, though, just a common 'second language'.
 
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