Author: Paulo Coutinho, MDT
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Jack Black
Li Gang, the director of China’s Government Liaison Office in Macau has downplayed the impact of the mainland’s drive to stamp out corruption on gambling revenue, ... -
Breaking news: Edward Tracy to retire from Sands China
Sands China CEO and president Edward Tracy has announced his retirement today after almost five years running LVS’ most lucrative gaming operation and amid Macau’s ... -
Jack Black
Secretary Wong hopes “the public does not read much” into the bust and arrest of top SJM executive Alan Ho, a bastion of ailing Uncle ... -
Jack Black
In a matter of weeks the whole mechanics of the MSAR Government has changed. Now, the secretaries come out in public to hear the people, the ... -
Breaking News: All 13 on New Zealand skydiving plane leap out before crash
All 13 people aboard a New Zealand skydiving plane that suffered an apparent engine failure today managed to leap out in parachutes moments before the plane ... -
2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere
Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York’s Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by ... -
Breaking News: Casinos 30pct down in December, 2.5pct over the year – report
Macau’s casinos are going to end December with a year-on-year fall of somewhere between 30% and 32% and an annual drop of about 2.5% compared with ... -
Breaking news: President Xi cautions Macau against foreign forces
Chui Sai On takes oath as Chief Executive of MSAR for a second term Chinese President Xi Jinping today urged the semiautonomous former Portuguese colony of ... -
Breaking news: Timeline of Australia hostage drama at Sydney cafe
An armed gunman entered a Sydney cafe during today morning’s rush hour and took an unknown number of hostages. Hours after the crisis began, five people ... -
Diversification, the hard way
There’s no way around it. Beijing has sent a clear message this week that Macau has to diversify its economy no matter what. Now, there is ... -
Editorial: Game on
Chui Sai On’s speech was short and concise; he basically introduced his brand new team and promised to do better in his next term. He understood ... -
Chui Sai On to announce top officials at 5:30pm
The announcement of the 4th MSAR Government will be broadcasted live by TDM-TV in both its Chinese and Portuguese channels, TDM sources told the Times. It ... -
Taxi driver
“I do not think it is melodramatic to say it might only be a matter of time before someone is killed in an incident with a ... -
Mahjong, Hong Kong, CY Leung
“Now Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong; that is the promise and that is the unshakeable destiny.” Governor Chris Patten, farewell speech, July 1, ... -
Autumn in Italy | Flavors and gestures of Emilia Romagna
Paulo Coutinho, Milan* Macau residents and tourists are pretty familiar with Italian products and flavors by now. Over the past 10 years, all kinds of “salumi” ... -
Who do I call?
I live above the 20th floor in a building in Taipa, opposite Near Hengqin. From my windows, I have quite a view overseeing HQ mountains with ... -
Providence
“Our privilege and mission is to introduce [the students] to a university environment where they learn to analyze, question, evaluate and decide in the context of ... -
Chui? Who’s Chui?
Macau’s politics never ceases to surprise us. Yesterday, local newspaper Ponto Final carried a “disturbing” headline, Ho Sut Heng may not support Chui Sai On. Ms ... -
Animal farm
If the (draft) law (on animal rights) is more specific, if it only applies to pets like in Hong Kong, then maybe it would be adequate ... -
Mike Leven in an exclusive interview: “Casinos will be smoke-free”
The COO of Las Vegas Sands, Michael Leven came to Macau with boss Sheldon Adelson for Sands China’s annual meeting (where a final dividend of HKD0.66 ...
