Interview
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St Lawrence’s Church launches souvenir store
A small, discreet center at the back entrance of St Lawrence’s Church has turned into a souvenir store with an aim of promoting Catholicism, ... -
Q&A | Grant Bowie CEO, MGM: Event will have ‘activities year-long that celebrate different components of Macau’
Macau Daily Times (MDT) – Why does MGM want to be the title sponsor of the Trail- Hiker? Grant Bowie (GB) – I think ... -
Q&A – José Luís Estorninho | APDCGM President: ‘The Guia Circuit will have to be seen as a Cultural Heritage item of Macau’
Six months after its official creation, the Times spoke to the president of the Macau Guia Circuit Promotion and Development Association (APDCGM) to get ... -
Q&A – Rueibin Chen | Pianist: ‘Music is without boundaries’
Rueibin Chen, a Taiwanese pianist, who performed at the 2010 World Expo in China, started his career as a child prodigy and concert pianist ... -
Q&A – Helena de Senna Fernandes | MGTO director: Learning ‘along the way’ after festival takeover
A head of the launch of the inaugural edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) on December 8, MGTO chief Helena de ... -
Q&A | Jeremy Jauncey – Globetrotting Instagrammer: ‘There’s so much more to Macau than everyone thinks’
The social creative agency, Beautiful Destinations, is currently expanding its market to reach new and significantly larger audiences, in response to trends in tourist ... -
MDT Interview | Norbert Riezler, LVS: Macau is ‘our center of excellence for furniture buying globally’
Meet Norbert Riezler, an Austrian-born American, in his 40s, who holds two key positions in Las Vegas Sands’ management and strategy. His double-task is ... -
Q&A – Pun Weng Kun | President of the organizing committee: Grand Prix preparations went ‘smoothly’
The organizing committee of the 63rd Macau Grand Prix is confident that the event will be a success, citing the team’s immense preparations. President ... -
Q&A – Rogério Puga | Academic, Macau studies expert: ‘The journals of American women are richer than the official Portuguese sources’
With extensive work which includes a PhD on Anglo-Portuguese Studies, the academic and Professor from the FCSH, Nova University of Lisbon, Rogério Puga, has ... -
Q&A | Cátia Silva – Entrepreneur: Macau is ‘still no Las Vegas’ when it comes to weddings
Cátia Silva is the owner of local party and wedding planning company “Bad Bad Maria,” which took off about two years ago in the ... -
Q&A | Lawrence Ho Chairman and CEO of Melco Crown: ‘We don’t like building the same thing over and over again’
After celebrating its first anniversary in late October, Lawrence Ho, Chairman and CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment, gives a progress report on Macau’s Hollywood-themed ... -
Q&A | Liu Jianhong, UM scholar: ‘There is much to be done to make criminology more useful to Macau’
Professor Liu Jianhong, a criminology scholar at the University of Macau won the Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award in August from the American Society ... -
Q&A | James Chu Artist, Macau Art Garden coordinator: ‘We keep on pushing young artists, giving them more chances to exhibit’
The Art For All Society (AFA) opened its “Perpetual Splendor – Works by James Chu” exhibition on Monday, attracting several art enthusiasts to the ... -
Q&A – Jorge Menezes | Lawyer: ‘The bilateral treaties to which China is a party tend to apply to Macau’
Lawyer Jorge Menezes comments on a case judged by the Court of Appeal of Singapore involving a Macau-based American company. Macau Daily Times – ... -
Q&A – Clement Cheng | Interior designer: Public needs to be educated to ‘understand the value of design’
Interior designer Clement Cheng, who is also the owner of local design retailer Signum, recently opened his company’s second customer-facing store in the city, ... -
Q&A – Paul Tighe | Australia’s Consul General: ‘Australia-Macau relations go beyond gaming’
Paul Tighe, who is leaving his position as Australia’s Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macau after five years on the job, hosted a business ... -
Q&A | Wilfred Wong – President and COO, Sands China: ‘In The Parisian we try to cater for the middle class, the MICE people’
Wilfred Wong assumed the role of president and chief operating officer (COO) of Sands China at the end of 2015. A week ahead of ... -
Q&A – Rishi Tirupari | Director of Sustainability, Sands China: ‘Being sustainable is a matter of education’
When it opens on September 13 The Parisian Macao will be one of the most efficient integrated resorts in the world, setting a new ... -
MDT Exclusive – Elvis Costello | Fortune spin wheel won’t be used in Macau, could raise ‘due questions’ from authorities
English musician and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello will be making his first appearance in Macau next month, marking a new foray into the Asian continent ... -
Q&A – António Caetano Faria Filmmaker | ‘My work is to capture moments for eternity’
António Caetano Faria is a Portuguese filmmaker, living and working in the territory for the past eight years. In his work, Faria often uses ... -
Q& A – Chang Hexi – Forum Macau’s Secretary General | ‘Forum Macau’s goals will be increasingly oriented toward pragmatism’
After eight years leading the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Forum Macau), Chang Hexi is leaving the organization. ... -
Q&A – Darren Clarke Golfer, Venetian Macao Open contestant: ‘Scott Hend is the man to beat’
Northern Ireland’s golfer Darren Clarke will play in the 2016 edition of the Venetian Macao Golf Open, raising the bar of this year’s lineup. ... -
MDT Interview | Pansy Ho: Creating an exquisite urban landmark of art and taste
A business leader with a sprawling collection of interests across the region, Pansy Ho needs no introduction to the average reader. Yet what often ... -
Professor Brian To | ‘Employee autonomy is only found in five-star properties’
Professor Brian To is a strategist, consultant and educator on matters of strategy, leadership, business and change management, among other topics. Currently affiliated with ... -
Interview | David Leung, Alco Electronics: ‘Chinese skipped all the shopping mall phenomenon, they jumped right into internet selling’
A look inside Alco Electronics Ltd.’s factory in China shows what it takes to succeed as a maker of gadgets for the rest of ... -
Janet McNab | Sheraton & St. Regis Managing Director: ‘Macau is an easy destination’
Janet McNab took over the position of managing director of Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel and The St. Regis Macao on the Cotai strip eight ... -
Wong Kai Kei | 3rd Prize in National English Debating Competition: ‘Macau students are less exposed to English environments’ than HK
Two debaters, Wong Kai Kei and Leong Ka Wai, from the University of Macau (UM) English Debating Team have recently won third prize at ... -
Ruth Boston | VP for destination marketing and sales at Sands China: ‘Japan is among our top five markets’
Ruth Boston is the vice president for destination marketing and sales at Sands China Ltd. She attended the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) ... -
MDT Interview | Vítor Sereno: ‘Portugal is a good place to live and certainly a good place to invest’
Portugal supports all China’s “initiatives to boost Macau’s interface role,” namely as part of the Belt and Road initiative, the CEPA mechanism, and the ... -
Teddy Yip Jr | Theodore Racing – Team Principal: ‘Macau is our home and winning there always holds a special place’
In 1976, Theodore Racing was founded as a Formula 1 racing team by the late Teddy Yip Sr. Both the team and its founder ... -
Ines Lei | Co-founder of Macau Root Planning: Reclamation plan lacks ‘development concept for the long-term’
Ines Lei, a community planner and co-founder of Macau Root Planning, claims the government is not focusing on the city’s “development concept” in the ... -
Allan Zeman Entrepreneur | ‘The numbers in Macau were great but not real’
Allan Zeman, known as the “Father of Lan Kwai Fong,” is a Hong Kong business magnate who sits on the board of Wynn in ... -
Penny Lam: Int’l Documentary Film Festival curator | ‘We want to continue to develop this festival’
Penny Lam is a documentary filmmaker and the curator of the Macau International Documentary Film Festival, the first of which was held last month, ... -
Jackson Chang | IPIM president: ‘Macau can serve as an ideal platform for investors’
The Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) aims to promote external trade and attract investment to Macau. In an MDT/Macauhub exclusive interview, IPIM’s ...
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