FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
It has now become somewhat commonplace to say that, following the preponderance of the legislative and executive branches in the 19th and 20th centuries, we are now living the
The same problems come up again and again in discussions of what Japan needs to do to revive its economy. The first is low white-collar productivity. The second
It would be pointless to say we have entered a new (calendar) year as everyone has noticed it already. Tradition says that every year around this time we
Back in August 2015, I remember musing about the irony that, on the one hand China was the place where the oldest census in the world had been
While the Christmas season is always a good time with long holidays and festive celebration everywhere, it also makes one appreciate the culture of giving red packets
Living in a residential college can be a very important experience of university study. While I have never lived in a residential college myself, from many discussions with
It is still quite absurd that the region does not have laws that protect the rights of its domestic workers. Last week, approximately 25 Filipino and Indonesian domestic
The power of political control has won over sensitivities as Japan takes its first steps towards legalising gaming. The Japanese Diet, in an “extended, embittered session” to the early
Macau is drifting again on a completely still, dead calm sea of an apparent no pasa nada general mood… apparent indeed. That is to say things are steadily
Hong Kong investors have nowhere to run. Their currency is pegged to the dollar and with Janet Yellen talking about accelerating the pace of interest rate increases,
Against all odds, the democratic fervour that has engulfed Hong Kong in the past two years appears far from being abated—quite the contrary. The clear cut victory
I AM TYPING THIS OVER CONSTRUCTION NOISE. Oh, they’ve taken a break, I can stop shouting. People talk about a New York minute. Fewer refer to a Hong Kong
There was never a time when transparency and good corporate governance practices were more spoken of in Macau; the outcome of the recent launch of the
I remember going to university parties in the early 1980’s in Australia where many friends illegally smoked pot (Mary Jane) and drank coca-cola but little alcohol. Then,
For the sixth time, Macau participated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), whereby the effectiveness of basic education for all
Amid much protest, Japan’s lawmakers are considering a bill this week that would open their doors to opulent gambling houses. Analysts have dubbed it “manna from heaven” and
Two weeks from now is the festival of Winter Solstice, Dongzhi, one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese. We have a saying that “Dongzhi is
Everybody in the developed world is very familiar with the problems posed by coins. When you buy stuff with cash you pay mostly with notes and get change mostly
With the 50th anniversary this month of the turmoil of the 1-2-3 Incident in Macau, and subsequently the call for the event to be introduced to children’s textbooks,
In these trumped up times of simple-minded populism, we would rather like to begin with a quote borrowed from the Hong Kong Free Press, selected blindly from the matrix
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